From one mother to another…
Raising three teenage girls is tough. Add in learning disabilities,
suicide & depression and it’s a miracle I’m not an alcoholic.
Raise your hand if you understand…
Emotional Experience In Writing
Once again, we have another fabulous guest post on the emotional impact within our writing! Author Lee Thompson is about to take you on a journey - get ready! And thank you Lee for your guest post for our Emotional Thesaurus workshop! ~~ Within all entertainment,...
Good Person + Bad Situation = Emotion!
Get ready - the wonderful M.K. Stelmack is about to illicit an emotional response from you within her first five words. Thank you so much M.K for guest blogging about emotion during our Emotional Thesaurus Workshop! ~~~ Life isn’t good right now. My sister is bald,...
“My character cried,” I sobbed.
I have the awesome Karen A. Chase here as part of our Emotional Thesaurus Workshop. Karen talks about crying in books - something I love to do and write 😉 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hr4EcIrPcqs This scene from Something’s Gotta Give exemplifies crying while...
Does The Emotion Need To Be Real?
As readers, we want to connect with the story that we are reading. Whether it's the connection between us and the characters, or the setting or even the story line - we need to be connected before we can enjoy the book. We need to be able to put ourselves in that...
Emotional Thesaurus Workshop!
I'm so excited to announce this month long workshop! Emotions. They can make or break a story. They are the words you use to describe the way your characters react to a situation. They are the way you entice your readers to want to read on. They are the essence of...
The Song Remains The Same – will it for you?
Today is my first full day of summer vacation. My kids have been off school for a few days but for me, this was my first 'official' day. It felt nice. It feels nice. I'm now a full time writer and it feels ... freeing and scary all at the same time. But today I wanted...
Steena-riffic Chocolate Cake
I have the delightful pleasure of having the fabulous August McLaughlin on my blog today. Have you met her? You totally should - www.augustmclaughlin.com. The moment I found her website and blog I knew she was a woman after my own heart. I honestly can't stop talking...
Prepare to Drool – Cheesecake Filled Strawberries
I recently found this post on Twitter from Homestead Survival and just had to share. Seriously - tell me that looking at these don't make you drool or daydream about the sweet temptation as you bite down into the strawberry? I can imagine this drizzled with a little...
What could be better than Chocolate in Paris?
Once upon a time, back in November or so ... which honestly, seems like oh so long ago - doesn't it?... I had a guest post from Karen Chase, author of this fabulous Paris Travel Journal - Bonjour 40. She did a guest post about Chocolate in Paris - a post I loved! I...
When Dreams Come True
I'm sitting in my comfy chair, the chair that I sit in every day while I spend time working on my passion - writing. I'm sitting in my comfy chair, drinking a mocha and I can't stop the grin that covers my face. Why? Because, it's in the quiet moments - when the only...