Sifting through my online lit newsletters, one writer’s anecdote caught my eye. An Australian magazine had invited authors to respond to the prompt: ‘What I Wish I’d Known about Writing’. Shirley Le, whose work I’m not yet familiar with, had a visceral response. When she first announced publicly that she wanted to write, her cousin … Continue reading Princess Diaries
Category: writer’s block
Snatching Time to Write
Donna Talarico, editor and founder of Hippocampus Magazine, recently posted that despite her wishes to the contrary, her busyness didn’t ever seem to stop. I gave the post a laughing crying emoji. She’d been reading my mind. This busyness will be over soon and I'll be able to get back to writing. But the fact … Continue reading Snatching Time to Write
The Procrastination of Writers
I'm doing it now. Procrastinating, that is. I have my notebooks out, my laptop at the ready. I know what I have to do to dive into the next section of the short story. Instead, I'm doing a post - which I love - and reading about the latest election results here or overseas, and … Continue reading The Procrastination of Writers
Meet Author Barry Lee Thompson
Barry Lee Thompson, member of our group Elwood Writers, guest interviews about his newly released book, Broken Rules and Other Stories, on the website 'In Their Own Write'. There, Barry discusses his writing process. For him there is no such thing as writer's block. If he gets stuck, he works on something different,, dipping in … Continue reading Meet Author Barry Lee Thompson
WRITINGS AND MUSINGS OF MARGARET MCCAFFREY 