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Since a lot of bloggers are also writers, I’d like to know, do you participate in a writers group? Or do you have a few special someones who regularly review your work? A friend, spouse, colleague, even an editor?
I have all sorts of words spouting forth from [...]
After motherhood and writing, traveling is my passion. Never am I more spirited than when I am thrown into an unfamiliar city with a map, a bicycle, a camera, and a notebook.
Combine the three; traveling and writing and motherhood, and I am in bliss.
I am blessed to be blissful [...]
“E.L. Doctorow said once said that ‘Writing a novel is like driving a car at night. You can see only as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.’ You don’t have to see where you’re [...]
Today marks eight months of life for my sweet baby girl (pictured above, chewing on a nectarine under close supervision). She is going to be one year old any day now. At least this is how I feel. Months pass by in a matter of moments.
But [...]
Time is short today, but let’s see what I can come up with in 10 minutes…
The prompt: An art opening at a lavish downtown gallery. A car crashes through the plate glass window. The driver’s door opens, and an eight-year-old girl steps out.
“Mother! Daddy! [...]
This Friday, the Red Writing Hood has prompted me to craft a piece of short fiction featuring the dialogue between two people arguing, focusing more on the spoken language and less on setting details.
Immediately, I was inspired to create a dialogue with a small child, probably [...]
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This poem is depressing and it is inspired by a modern-day family caught up in the rat race. Two young children, two hard-working parents, too much. Not to say that all families with [...]
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If you could do it over again…
I am hesitant to even consider such a question. If we stopped at every turn to review the previous chapter [...]
Happy Friday! It’s time for the Red Writing Hood meme over at The Red Dress Club. Here’s my response to this week’s wickedly fun yet challenging writing prompt:
Write a short piece of fiction about seeing an [...]
My daughter has a new trick. Feeding while simultaneously striking the happy baby yoga pose. How is this possible, you wonder? Only when we’re in the side-lying nursing position and she turns her head so that she is lying flat on her back, tiny toes in the air, [...]
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