Recently, I heard another writer share that he rarely reveals anything about himself in his writing. His reasoning was, "I've been in this business too long not to know better than to make that...
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I keep coming across more of my mom's things as I search through boxes - like a stash of her chewed up pen caps. Our role reversal started early, and I used to lecture her about chewing on those...
I've been reading Anne Lamott's book "Bird by Bird" as I continue to try and gather motivation to take another look at my manuscript. Lamott is pretty unashamedly crass, which I'm not a big fan...
The Bible verse that has been in my head a lot lately is Isaiah 30:15: "For thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence...
I'm hoping in the near future to share the process of purchasing and converting a cargo trailer into a tiny house, which I will probably use as a writing studio in the near future. I absolutely...
My grandparents' barn was built in Indiana in 1861, the year the United States went to war against itself. This picture shows my grandparents' barn long before they dreamed of buying it. When I...
Thank you for coming to visit my site. This is a poem I wrote during a particularly difficult season of great discouragement. I hope that it blesses you and offers comfort in some...
I decided to post this poem on YouTube. I pray it is a blessing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgPgeZT9SVU&t=5s I miss her; but I'm so thankful she's no longer suffering. For Our...
Life at Sea Cruises:Â Why My Dad Decided to Go on a Three-Year Cruise through Miray
In my last episode, I told you about my dad’s announcement, back in March of 2023: He’d determined that once my mom died, he’d sell the house they’d bought together forty-eight years...
Episode One in the Saga of The Cruise that Left a Bruise - The Backstory... I believe it was March 18th of last year that my dad told me he planned to take a trip around the world. I had...
Despite the advent of Artificial Intelligence, there are many people who love to write and don't want that skill taken away by the likes of Chat GPT. For many of us, turning to AI as a writing...
Are Writers Afraid that AI Apps like Chat GPT Will Replace Them as Storytellers?
A lot of people in the literary industry are concerned that Artificial Intelligence will replace real writers in all realms of writing; but storytelling may be an exception to that, at least for...
July 31, 2021 - Post #1 Everything was about to change Just Before the Storm A week ago today I was driving up to a friend’s lake cottage in Indiana and was astonished at how brilliant the...
I'm sitting down earlier than usual to write this daily post. Maybe it's because my brain feels like a bag of mixed metaphors. I figure I might as well get something down while my synapses are...
Today's Quiet Friday question from Al Watt is: As your protagonist, write for five minutes, beginning with the following: "I will be free when..." It's ironic to me that I'd just asked Alan a...