Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined. — Henry David Thoreau . Share this:EmailShare on Tumblr Pin It

All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better. –Ralph Waldo Emerson . Share this:EmailShare on Tumblr Pin It

Get a good idea and stay with it. Dog it, and work it until it’s done, and done right. —Walt Disney Share this:EmailShare on Tumblr Pin It

Lani Diane Rich has a great entry worth reading today over at Re-Inventing Fabulous. I’m a writer; no matter what other roles I play in life — and I play a lot — I am, and always have been, someone whose mind turns to how to frame a story. This means an active imagination, which is great when it’s throwing out plot lines, visualizing a scene, or...

So let your heart hold fast For this soon shall pass; There’s another year ahead. –Fort Atlantic, Let Your Heart Hold Fast Share this:EmailShare on Tumblr Pin...

“We are not human beings trying to be spiritual. We are spiritual beings trying to be human.” — Jacquelyn Small Share this:EmailShare on Tumblr Pin It

The writing’s been going well this week, but Saturday morning found me oddly out of sorts. Got up late and when I settled down to write, the mind wouldn’t focus and I found myself staring at the blinking cursor, my mind a complete bank. Part of it was the fact the weather was steamy and, as Cole Porter so eloquently put it, too darn hot. But another part...

It’s the start of a long weekend and I’m feeling curiously jubilant. Maybe because I’m starting a class tomorrow that I’m looking forward to. Maybe because I feel at this moment as if threads are starting to come together, like I’m waking up after a long sleep. Whatever the reason, the song that keeps popping up on my iTunes at the...

“Who does not thank for little will not thank for much.” — Author Unknown A joyous thanksgiving to you all. No matter how desperate times may seem — and I have known some truly desperate moments in my life — if you dig down deep, there will always be something to be thankful for. It may be a small thing; a warm, fluffy cat, a book...

“You have to accept whatever comes and the only important thing is that you meet it with the best you have to give.” — Eleanor Roosevelt It’s my birthday today. A big one, too — which is why I’ve given myself permission to go skeeving off from the work and run away to Disneyland. Oh, writing is going to get done today, just...