Tag: inspiration
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Screaming is What We Do Best (As Writers Writing for Nothingness)
DO YOU EVER FEEL like writing nothing for the sake of nothingness, in a black hole of a vacuum of ideas, pandering and rambling about rambling in pure space and time, because the blank page mocks you into a fury? BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, I just want to write, and type, and stumble over words, words…
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Up to 40 Rejections, and Counting
I’m officially baptized into the world of creative writing. I’ve been rejected by 40 literary agents … and the number keeps climbing. Is it frustrating? Yes. Is it angering. Definitely. Am I giving up? HELL NO. Why? Because I’m a writer, dammit. And writers get rejected over and over and over and over and over…
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Here’s to All the Outcasts!
All the “weirdos,” all the “stupids,” all the “oddballs.” I’m proud to walk among you, because my uniqueness is what makes my writing stand out. Were you ever bullied as a kid? Forced to give up your milk money? Endured long hours of whispers or sly smirks, followed by giggles behind your back?
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Inspire Yourself with these 6 Themes
I’ve been on a creative binge lately. And for the New Year, I want to help inspire you, too! I’ve been reading books and writing stories about some of the deepest, most profound themes I know. You know, those deep, dark ideas that give a story its umph. That inspire us to reconsider our own…
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Beyond the Beach
I once had a boyfriend who hated the beach. He thought it smelled like fish and garbage, and complained how the sand gets everywhere. Thank God, he’s moved on, and so have I. Today, I can fall asleep on the beach with a like-minded partner, enveloped in the warmth of the fine sand, then submit…