A fellow writer once told me, “You’re a better writer than I am, but I’m a better story teller.” Guess who’s published today? While I fretted over writing the perfect sentence, she concentrated on story.
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Oat Harvest 2013, What Goes Around Comes Around
The phrase, “What goes around comes around,” rings especially true on a farm. As does, “You reap what you sow.” Harvest, a Family Affair When we began our oat harvest in April, my first thought was, Here we go again. My second thought was, Finally a return on our investment. Harvesting is a family affair. My […]
Negative Thoughts Hamper Our Growth and Need to be Uprooted
Emerson said that Shakespeare didn’t have better life experiences than we do. He just knew how to weed out the fluff and make room for his thoughts to spread and grow into magnificent stories that survived the passage of time.
Hal Zina Bennett and The Puzzle of Visionary Fiction
I was fortunate to be able to discuss the genre of visionary fiction with Hal Zina Bennett, the multi talented author and teacher who inspired me way back in 2002 to follow my gut and call my writing what it is. Follow this link for part one of our interchange at Visionary Fiction Alliance, my second home. […]
Something to Crow About – Website Header
Edger Allen Poe’s “Raven” symbolized darkness and death, with it’s repeated answer, “Nevermore,” but I bet Poe also selected the raven for his poem because birds of the crow family are the most intelligent of the bird kingdom. Even Alfred Hitchcock discovered while filming “The Birds” that crows remember faces and have minds of their own.
A Next Big Thing Blog: Ten Questions About My Book
Blog Hop: easier agreed to than done A Next Big Thing blog hop is a giant game of tag to help readers discoverauthors who are new to them. I said yes, of course, but it has taken me until now to actually answer the 10 questions involved. Believe me, this project is easier agreed to […]
