Category Archives: Craft

Writing Tips

Thursday Thoughts: Universal Light Bulb

I was really hoping the new glasses would be a cure-all. They are and they aren’t. I have to accept that there’s been serious deterioration in my vision due to the damage to the optic nerve by the glaucoma. While … Continue reading

Posted in Craft, Writing Life | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Thursday Thoughts: Universal Yep

I don’t always keep the messages I receive from the Universe. More often than not, I read them, thing, “Huh!” and delete them. Then there are the ones that click on the light bulb and I’m like, “Oh heck yeah!” … Continue reading

Posted in Craft, Writing Life | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Thursday Thoughts: Universal Happens

To be so hard, writing is pretty simple when boiled down to the basics. All a writer has to do is make it happen. Okay, you can stop laughing now. I laughed, too, when I first played around with this … Continue reading

Posted in Craft, Writing Life | Tagged , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Thursday Thoughts: Universal Quiet

Sometimes, the voices in my head won’t shut up. All the characters (and I mean ALL of them) jabber and argue about whose story is more important. And sometimes, they go completely silent. I’m weird. I can’t sleep if it’s … Continue reading

Posted in Craft, Writing Life | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Thursday Thoughts: Universal Advice

A writer friend and I had a conversation about writer’s block the other day. Despite everything we do and no matter how much we pretend it doesn’t exist and/or it never affects us, I think every writer has been faced … Continue reading

Posted in Craft, Writing Life | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Thursday Thoughts – Universal Show and Tell

Bear with me here. It’s a new year and as I want to write more this year, I’m attempting to get in that frame of mind. This means that I want to get back to the messages from the Universe … Continue reading

Posted in Craft, Writing Life | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Tuesday Treats & Titles: Faux Onion Magic

My dad was a cordon bleu chef. He didn’t own a restaurant. In fact, the whole idea of working in the food service industry was pretty much his worst nightmare. As a college student in Colorado Springs, he was fired … Continue reading

Posted in Craft, Writing Life | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Thursday Thoughts: Universal Sense

Here we go. Thursday. Which means thoughts. I should have some. And I do. Some. Thoughts, that is. And sometines the thread of a story. Or a hint of a character. And maybe a whole scene that fits…somewhere. Quite often, … Continue reading

Posted in Craft, Writing Life | Tagged , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Thursday Thoughts: Universal Timing

The Universe has a point today. Most writers tend to take things seriously. This is true even of those who write humor. Comedy is a serious business. Sometimes, we writers get so serious about things we get wrapped around the … Continue reading

Posted in Craft, Writing Life | Tagged , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Thursday Thoughts: Universal Happy

Sometimes, I’m reading my message from the Universe and I’m thinking one thing and then BAM! The Universe has something completely different in mind. Problem is, once I get an idea stuck in my head, it stays until I explore … Continue reading

Posted in Craft, Writing Life | Tagged , , , , , , | 2 Comments