Lurking in the Shadows

Lurking in the Shadows

Dust off that dialogue! Exercise those verbs. Pull up a perplexing plot. And if a needed word doesn’t exist, create it! The path through the woods is broad, well-traveled, well lighted with no twists and turns. You know where the road began and you’ve got a pretty good idea of where it ends. If, however, […]

Everything But the Ingredients

Writing is rather like baking. I take a bunch of words, mix them together, bake them in the oven of my mind (heh) and they turn into a finished product called a book. Sometimes writing is a soothing, relaxing activity. Sometimes it is frustrating beyond measure when I can’t find that elusive ingredient called “just […]

Weaving Words Together

Today some friends will come over to visit, munch on cookies, drink tea and coffee and listen thoughtfully to words woven  together to create what we hope is a pleasing pattern. Jane writes fiction for children and also poetry. Nancy writes inspirational stories based on experience, and I am the one of the mysterious mind. […]