Category: Quote
Ralph Waldo Emerson…
Night time words to live by
” Words are a powerful tool. You can use them to build beautiful structures but you can also use them to demolish and tear things down. Think about how you chose to use your tools. ”
Jennifer Writingofamrs
Goodnight
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Be the Candle.
5 Tips for Writers
5 Things to help you write.
We have all heard it said many a time that as a writer you need to have a voice. I find this to be especially true in poetry, freelancing and blogging.
If you are writing a book or short story I don’t think the voice is as important as your style and flair. What you need to do is tell a story and tell it well. While well is a vague word I will attempt to give some tips and reminders to help you do just that, write well.
First you will need to determine what your goals are. Do you want to sell a million copies of your book? If so it has to blow peoples minds. In order to do this you have to have confidence in your writing and in your voice. That is the one common denominator with all top-selling authors.
If you find that your confidence is waivering at times, these tips might help you. Continue reading
Wordle Wednesdays
Give this a try! It’s so fun.
I came up with :
Misadventure stamped simply
Loosely visits Chaos.
Details periodically resemble reality correctly.
Do not Limit Yourself!
Stuff It Tuesday! Storetry #3 the blogger Collaboration Challenge! Come join us poets, writers and artisits!
Welcome to the third week of Stuff it Tuesday a blogging collaboration challenge for poets, writers, artists and photographers.
I offer the opening paragraph and the closing poem. I ask contributors to fill in the middle, I then link the story together as best as I can. I include all submissions.
I put the link to each persons submission below their piece so that you can check out their blog. Please show support and give the blogs a look to see if it’s something that interests you.
You can find next weeks Stuff It opening and closing paragraphs on my home page under the Stuff it Tuesdays Tab. It will be updated tomorrow.
This weeks ‘storetry’ is beautiful. I think it’s my favorite yet. Thank you for participating and I encourage you to continue and for those of you that hesitate, don’t! Participate!
Please feel free to re blog so that we can get more people involved.
‘STORETRY’ # 3 MOONLIT MYSTERY Continue reading
Something to think about.
Questions…
http://terangatimes.com/?p=2231
Please take a moment to answer these polls for me. It would be a great help if you did. Continue reading
Victory Stance. A poem about addiction.
http://stevenhocker.wordpress.com/
Addiction,
It’s like a grappling hook
Pulling into,
grabbing
Digging into rock
A false sense of safety
Trust and faith in a rope
A hook that can fail
And leave you spiraling
Falling
Tumbling
Down to the ground
You grab hold of the rope
Pulling
Straining Continue reading






