Is this a beautiful sunset? Is it a natural or magical disaster?
Should we run away or is this a chance for a romantic moment?
Writing
Need a little nudge to get started on a chapter? Sometimes the only way for me to move the story forward to write other things that I have no intention of including. Sometimes it things end up in the backstory. Other times, I toss it on the junk pile so […]
Prompt: the old mill ruin

I am not a morning person. I actually have no memory of getting to school for most of my childhood. That is impressive because I live in north-central Illinois and it is FREAKING cold in the winter.
Writing with kids: the morning routine

One thing I have always known is that writers are weird. I love that. They are like atheletes with strange (sometimes gross) pre-game rituals or having some item that must be used. For me, I have a hoodie I lived in during NaNoWriMo. I bought two of them just to reduce the weirdness for my family.
“Why does mom get to where the same thing every day and I can’t?”
The writing process goes beyond just the quirky rituals. For some of us, we had to figure out a way to get the story out.