A couple of weeks ago, I met up with a fellow writer. We first got to know one another in 2024 and bonded over, what else, writing. Since that year, we've met up several times and texted one another even more. Always nice to have another writer to talk to about writing, and all the … Continue reading New Writer Series: Living With Less
Been a while since I wrote a blog post in this mini-series on my writing musings for 2024. Today, I've good reason to add one more to this series before the year ends. Because this morning, I invited not one but two local writers to share with my Writers Club on their journey to self-publication. … Continue reading My 2024 Musings on Writing #4 — Chatting With Self-Published Writers
I never knew writing was such a lonely journey until I left my full-time lecturing work in 2018, started a blog in 2019, and turned a book idea into a draft manuscript in 2020. Each one of these endeavors had just me in them, front and center — no one else. In short, I only … Continue reading Celebrating The 1st Anniversary Of My Writers Club
For over a decade, one friend has been instrumental in helping me birth and develop my writing life. The funny thing is she doesn't even know what she did for me. And, even funnier, I didn't know it too! At least not until this week. Let's call this wonderful friend YC. Earlier this week, I … Continue reading My 2024 Musings on Writing #3 – It All Began With A Friend
This week I attended an introductory workshop for three days on Playback Theatre. Not attended a workshop in quite a while, especially one about the arts. So it was truly refreshing and a welcome departure from my normal routines. Yes yes, I hear ya. So allow me to explain right away. What Is Playback Theatre? … Continue reading How Playback Theatre & Writing Are Connected
I'm excited for today's post because I've been looking forward to writing it for a few months now! But I had to wait for an event scheduled this morning before I could finish writing it. You see, my writer's club scored its first major coup when a local author agreed to visit our monthly meeting … Continue reading My 2024 Musings on Writing #2 – Fireside Chat With Author Charmaine Leung
Two months ago, I launched this mini-series that talks about the dreaded writer's block. It was all about how simply starting any writing with one true sentence can unlock any writer's creative juices. I followed that up with a second piece last month about how, when stuck, writers need to go even deeper into their … Continue reading Curing Writer’s Block #3 — A Quote (or Four) To Inspire Writers
Recently, I found out about a podcast singing contest helmed by one of my favorite singer/songwriters to walk this planet, Sara Bareilles. At the same time, I found a related interview with her in Forbes about this contest (aptly called Breakthrough; unlike other singing contests, judges in this one listen to but don't see contestants … Continue reading Curing Writer’s Block #2 – Going Deeper Together
