Eat the Frog

Words are so powerful that people get murdered over them. And it's not even the words, it is the ideas. These ideas can be communica...

I really struggled with choosing this word. FOCUS kept coming back to me though, and I would reject it as not being poetic enough, prett...

There is a children's book, Travel Light, by Naomi Mitchison, that says, " Will she stay dragonish and hoard wealth and pos...

This summer has been unusually cool and the wind has been calm as well. There are very few ticks or mosquitoes, and the humidity is just a...

This week I received three acceptance letters from publishers for my writing submissions. The first one was an essay I wrote about my experi...

I have a lot of work out for consideration, so much in fact that I have nothing right now to submit. I have 4 poems in progress, 4 in revisi...

Most people don't know.  I am a mermaid. No not really. I have gone my whole life feeling like I was not in this world, that I wa...

I am writing about writing when I should be writing about farming or food or science fiction tropes. Still, this is important. Why? I am...

"Today’s a day for wishes. Write about a wish you dearly hope will come true in your life." This was a tough exercise. It was easy...

Bravewriter's freewrite friday: How do I feel during a thunderstorm......? I delayed writing this one on Friday. I had a hunch that it w...

It is possible that I am just trying to avoid thinking about the many negative things that I could gripe about (and have to my poor friends ...