Creativity and adventure every day
Be a scholar to learn how to be an artist My Name is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok is culturally unique and enlightening as it carries the reader into the world of observant Jews. In addition, Potok shows what the life of a scholar looks like. The story starts with Asher Lev as a young […]
Ale, lager, IPA and more On our honeymoon, my husband and I went on multiple wine tastings at wineries in northern Ohio. It was a most educational vacation. I had just turned 21. I never would have thought to do a beer tasting. I’m not a big drinker, and I probably shouldn’t admit it, but […]
Say what? Writing requires creativity, which means it’s frequently lumped into the artistic pursuits. Writing also is a business activity, both for communication and as a profit-generating product. Unfortunately, writers seldom think of themselves as business owners. Most don’t pursue marketing and sales of their books in the same ways a business owner would. I […]
History and art unite on city walk Exploring the Dallas/Fort Worth area has become one of my favorite activities since moving to Dallas in 2015. Weekly walks with a homeschool group has become a highlight of my life. As a country girl who has lived near big parks or national forests for most of my […]
A time of rest and learning Not a lot of writing happening on the writing front in January. Yet, I’m grew and stretched in new ways, a lot like a kid who stops eating and physically growing as much just before he or she makes huge developmental leaps. I hope I’m about to take a […]
Owls mark the sign. It may feel like the dead of winter, but phrenology says spring is on the way. Where I live in the Texas, the sun’s intensity pinkens our cheeks and the backs of our necks and the first hint of green kisses a couple trees in the park. Even in the city, […]
Funny memes are hitting the writing groups lately. “How do you write?” they ask a writer. The writer creates a long, tedious response. The questioner asks, “That’s the end of the book?” But the answer is, “No. That’s just one sentence. Then I move to the next sentence.” Another meme also compares writing to making […]
I am sorry to report that I have not added a new post to my blog in quite a while. Two months and 10 pounds ago, in fact. In the meantime, I finished NaNoWriMo with 50,075 words in the month of November. Not all of those words were in my novel, but all of them […]
Seems crazy to take an already busy life and stuff it to overflowing with a project so big that it encompasses writing a novel in a month. Seriously, who is crazy enough to do that? And who has time for it anyway? As it turns out, there are thousands of people who are crazy enough, […]
Chocolate and coconut One of the highlights of our trip to Panama was a visit to Up In The Hill Farm. Located on Isla Bastimentos, the same island as Outpost Panama, it required only a short boat ride and a 20-minute walk to the cafe. We started out in Old Town, which had a narrow […]
