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Happy Mother’s Day from Mother Nature to Mom

Mother’s Day means my ever-accommodating husband stood ready to make the day special, so Mom requested a family walk. My children had their own plans… one wanted scooters, one wanted bicycles, then they didn’t want wheels but to follow the footpaths through the woods. Eventually we found a solution and off we went. Instead ofContinue reading “Happy Mother’s Day from Mother Nature to Mom”

Hope for Amateur Novelists

So you want to be a novelist, do you? I began my “serious” writing journey in late 2014. Back then, the path was exciting. Exhilarating, even. Imagining the scenes in my novel, and then typing them out at night after my tykes had gone to bed, brought a satisfaction that few other things had. WhatContinue reading “Hope for Amateur Novelists”

Maybe I’d better find a new hobby

“Fools take no delight in understanding, but only in displaying what they think.” Proverbs 18:2 Yesterday, I read a highly critical review of the NAB from which that quote is taken. You, dear reader, may not be into the scriptures. If you’re a wordsmith, then you’ll be fascinated by how this one idea, penned longContinue reading “Maybe I’d better find a new hobby”

Ideas, like Water, have been used Countless Times Before

My mother used to stuff our bookcase in the hopes that we’d start self-educating from a young age. In addition to the religious propaganda and encyclopedias, I happened upon a book about science geared towards children. One idea I found fascinating as a young’un was that water has been used countless times before. You know,Continue reading “Ideas, like Water, have been used Countless Times Before”

Story Structure: The Witch of Blackbird Pond

Multiple guffaws have been guffawed over amateur writers blogging and telling other amateur writers how to get ‘er done. But as fools rush in where angels fear to tread, here I go. I’ve read multiple craft books, but what made all I’d learned coalesce into an a-ha moment was a series of podcastsContinue reading “Story Structure: The Witch of Blackbird Pond”