“Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.”
— Gloria Steinem
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Leaps of Imagination
Posted in Other, Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, creativity, inspiration, Thoughts on November 27, 2024| Leave a Comment »
You. Yes, You.
Posted in Other, Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, Thoughts on November 26, 2024| Leave a Comment »
You. Yes, you.
I see you.
Sitting with a cup of coffee, crossing the street juggling kids and groceries, dozing on the bus, putting in yet another double shift, smiling even when it’s hard, waiting in line to send Christmas presents, working late into the night.
I see behind your public face to the child you used to be, the dreams you still have, the hopes you carry for the future.
I see you.
And I carry those hopes for you too.
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Do What You Can
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, creativity, Thoughts, Writers, writing on November 23, 2024| Leave a Comment »
Some days I don’t have time to write, but today I have a different problem. I have time, technically, but don’t have the mental space to write.
And that has to be ok.
Do what you can, where you are. For me today, that means being ok with the fact that writing is off the table.
Until tomorrow!
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A Very Monday Kind of Quote
Posted in Other, Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, even more work, more work, Thoughts, work on November 18, 2024| Leave a Comment »
“The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.”
— Vince Lombardi
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A Poem on the Occasion of the Year’s Last Supermoon
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, NASA, poetry, supermoon on November 16, 2024| 1 Comment »
This weekend marks the final supermoon in what has been a months-long fall cycle of supermoons. If you have a chance to look up, you can see the moon’s super hurrah for the year before its orbit takes it farther away from us.
Here’s NASA’s quick explanation for the supermoon, when the moon is closest to us, and its inverse, the micromoon.
The next full supermoon will be on November 5, 2025. Until then, a micropoem.
Night’s shadows await
the Moon’s sly smile, waxing bright
as She steals the stars.
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Seeds of Success
Posted in Other, Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, creativity, failure, persistence, success, Thoughts, writing on November 15, 2024| Leave a Comment »
“In my experience, each failure contains the seeds of your next success—if you are willing to learn from it.”
— Paul Allen
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A Great Big Bundle
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, #wotf, #wotf39, books, bundles, genre fiction, Writers, Writers of the Future, writing on November 12, 2024| Leave a Comment »
I just received word that my Writers of the Future book (volume 39 for those who are following along) is currently part of a great big story bundle from Arc Manor.
HOW DOES THIS WORK? You may select either the base bundle of five books or the enhanced bundle of 14 books (including a surprise title by a bestselling author).
For each choice, there is a suggested price and a minimum price. When you select either of the two options (base bundle or enhanced bundle), you will be taken to a checkout system that displays the suggested price. You may change this to any price you like as long as it meets the minimum price requirements.
The base bundle has big name authors like Joe Haldeman and Nancy Kress and Kevin J. Anderson. The enhanced bundle contains those authors and more, including Jody Lynn Nye, Robert J. Sawyer, my collection and more!
If that sounds like something of interest to you, scroll down the linked page to see what’s included, and enjoy!
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Something to Look Forward To
Posted in Other, Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, commercial fiction, creativity, Thoughts, Writers, writing on November 11, 2024| Leave a Comment »
The other day, I started a book billed as a mystery for fans of Richard Osman’s Thursday Murder Club. Premise, fine I guess. Characters, meh to mediocre. Overall story, tone and execution? Not for me. It takes a lot for me to put down a book, particularly before the first body falls, but in this case, I did it.
I only share books I like here, so I won’t mention the title. I will say that it’s lovely to find a reliable author. The good news is that Osman has started up a new series and I am looking forward to it. Here’s an interview with Osman and Lee Child, author of the Jack Reacher books.
And while I think the idea that writing is a good job for those who have already had careers is a mite limiting, it certainly has worked out for these two authors.
To me, it’s never about what happens. It’s about: why do I care what happens? And that’s all character…
My default is to write commercial fiction, because that’s just how my brain is. I want to do something that the maximum amount of people love; I want to write something that’s good and then sits right in the heart of popular culture. You want the sort of book where, if you’re on a long-haul flight and you open the first page, it takes you through that entire flight – that sounds trite, but it’s not, because how do you keep someone through an entire flight? You keep them with story, and you keep them with character, and you keep them with wit and with a personality that people want to spend time with.
— Richard Osman
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Go Forth!
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, inspiration, Thoughts on November 9, 2024| Leave a Comment »
“Causes do matter. And the world is changed by people who care deeply about causes – about things that matter. We don’t have to be particularly smart or talented. We don’t need a lot of money or education. All we really need is to be passionate about something important; something bigger than ourselves. And it’s that commitment to a worthwhile cause that changes the world.”
― Steve Goodier
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Need a Cozy Pick-Me-Up?
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, cozy, free fiction, genre fiction, Writers on November 8, 2024| Leave a Comment »
Do you need a post-election pick-me-up? Are you a fan of free fiction? This new online novella by Jessie Mihalik might be just the thing!
When a mysterious, well dressed new neighbor moves in next door, a potion witch’s life is about to get a lot more interesting.
A cozy, romantic story for fall.
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