Spotlight Saturday #18: Must You Write Poetry or Prose?

I try to give my end-of-week post to other authors and bloggers whose work is worth noting. There are so many excellent articles out there, so many good poems and stories and artwork that I want to use my online space, once a week, to share something you might otherwise miss. To see last week’s … Continue reading Spotlight Saturday #18: Must You Write Poetry or Prose?

Spotlight Saturday #17: Starting Over

I try to give my end-of-week post to other authors and bloggers whose work is worth noting. There are so many excellent articles out there, so many good poems and stories and artwork that I want to use my online space, once a week, to share something you might otherwise miss. To see last week’s … Continue reading Spotlight Saturday #17: Starting Over

Spotlight Saturday #16: Taking Wing

I try to give my end-of-week post to other authors and bloggers whose work is worth noting. There are so many excellent articles out there, so many good poems and stories and artwork that I want to use my online space, once a week, to share something you might otherwise miss. To see last week’s … Continue reading Spotlight Saturday #16: Taking Wing

The Pulse of a Poet

I don’t know if I can pen this. I can only ever try. It’s the motion of a dreamer, Catching thoughts as they pass by. But will I still remember, All the words they’d ever say? All the hopes and dreams and whispers, That will never go away. If you find them, would you know … Continue reading The Pulse of a Poet

Never Mind Formality; Just Write

The very last chapter of Laurie Alberts’ Showing and Telling is the best one of all, I think. In it, she writes about beginnings and endings, and she encourages us, as writers, to forget all about making it good and just make it. She writes, “[A]ny way in is a good way in. You can’t … Continue reading Never Mind Formality; Just Write