I’ve got it all – pens, the notebooks, the access to a couple of great communities for learning and sharing, but I’m still in the process of bringing order to my writing. Bringing Order To My Writing In the past, I was happy to only blog. Put a post together and get it out and…
Rising Strong
Although Brené Brown didn’t write her book, Rising Strong, for writers, when I read it from a writer’s perspective, I could see how rich in learning and motivation it was for me. Rising Strong I’ve been struggling to write some of my ‘stories’. True life events that are hard to re-live. Even harder to articulate.…
The Good You Deserve As A Writer
Recently, I read this post on Daily Writing Tips about how often the word ‘deserve’ is misused. It stresses that the word should be as used in relation to someone earning something, being worthy of something or being entitled to something. And I agree with that being the correct usage of the word. Today, though,…
Taking Time To Be Quiet
I’ve been thinking about this post for a while now and even had a headline ready when I realized that Kate Motaung’s Five Minute Friday prompt for the day is ‘quiet’. I don’t believe in coincidences, so here I am putting this post out today. Taking Time To Be Quiet Most of us are addicted…
A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats
The aphorism ‘a rising tide lifts all boats’ struck me the first time I heard it. I took it to mean that when a person grows, it helps a community to grow. Perhaps, it’s the other side of ‘we rise by lifting others’. A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats If there’s one thing I’m sure…
No More Excuses Etc
No More Excuses was written in response to Kate Motaung’s Five Minute Friday prompt — excuse and was first published on Medium. Since then, a couple of Fridays have gone by and I’ve been missing publishing my responses to these prompts. Today I decided to play catch up and publish my responses to three of these prompts…