Words and Such

"The task of a writer consists of being able to make something out of an idea." --Thomas Mann Where do you go for your ideas? I...

It's been just over a year since I started blogging. What a trip it's been, like heading out for parts unknown without a map but fin...

"Ideas may drift into other minds, but they do not drift my way. I have to go and fetch them. I know no work manual or mental to equal ...

Just want to pass on news of a wonderful giveaway, thanks to DearEditor.com. DearEditor is celebrating the completion of her manuscript, Wr...

If you are struggling with what you should be writing , look at your scraps. Encoded there are the themes and subjects you should be grappl...

"We spend January 1 walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched. Maybe this ye...

"It's the sheer act of writing, more than anything else, that makes a writer." --John Gardner photo courtesy of photobucket....