…Read intensely. Then see what happens…” Ray Bradbury I’ve started a daily habit of “free writing” for 30 minutes, first thing every morning. Free association, no editing, no censoring. It helps me to get ideas flowing for the day.
“History is the stories we tell…”
“Most of us think that history is the past. It’s not. History is the stories we tell about the past. That’s all it is. Stories…” from “The Inconvenient Indian” by Thomas King https://www.amazon.ca/Inconvenient-Indian-Curious-Account-America-ebook/dp/B008ADBXUK/ref=dp_kinw_strp_1/136-6765871-1743624 Very thought provoking book.
Sometimes you just need to take yourself to the beach…
…and let your characters sort things out themselves.
“So I said to him…
…what part of NO don’t you understand?” (conversation between two women, as we passed each other on the street.) Working on improving dialogue in my fiction writing. I wonder what these two dudes on the Greek vase are talking about?
Who is this woman?
Went to the Monet exhibit in San Francisco. The woman in the painting is Monet’s wife. This image is still haunting me. What’s her story?
Avoid Negative People
Toxic individuals can derail you faster than almost anything, if you let them.
2 Librarians walk into a Bar…
Played a very fun Board Game last night! You read a card w/ the “First Line” of a famous book & try to guess the title or author. It’s harder than you might think. And a good reminder of the importance of a story’s first lines. It also taught me to “Beware of Librarians Bearing…
Stop and smell the roses
Reminding myself to move away from my computer and look around at the world!
Another set of eyes
I’m starting to meet fellow writers to read each others work in progress. It’s good to get a different perspective.
I am not afraid of storms…
…for I am learning how to sail my ship. Louisa May Alcott
Inspiration
Went to my very first California Writers Club meeting. I didn’t know it was founded by Jack London. A very inspiring and supportive group of fellow writers…
“I live my daydreams in music.”
My next Emerson Mystery is taking shape. An up and coming jazz musician has gone missing. “If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music…” ~ Einstein
