I was (rightfully) reprimanded, because I got too close to the paintings (especially Andy Warhols “100 Cans” – admiring all the little pencil sketch marks, covered up paint smudges and dirt
Read MoreNew York Times #1 bestselling author Ally Condie visited and talked about her latest (YA) book “The Only Girl In Town,” which she…
Read MoreThis story… 🥹 It’s a middle-grade-memoir about 12-year-old Waka who was born and raised in the US by immigrant parents from Japan. When her mother notices that her…
Read MoreThis dreams exhibition in the Dalí museum in St. Petersburg was quite inspiring for my writing. I took a lot of notes and gathered ideas, because…
Read MoreThe Grimms Fairy Tales have been very inspiring to me during my childhood and beyond. They’re probably also one of the reasons I like to write dark fiction…
Read MoreIn the years when I struggled with writing my novel, I was convinced that I needed specific rituals and little aids to get the writing process going. I heard that…
Read MoreI finished writing my novel in December, and I’m still getting dizzy trying to wrap my head around it. I’ve always wondered how it must feel to…
Read MoreMy New Year’s resolution this year was to listen less to all the different voices from outside of myself, and tune more into my own inner guidance…
Read MoreI do love the flickering uncertainty in between cute & fuzzy and a little bit evil, maybe…
Read MoreSitting down to write can be a challenge. This is how I deal with it…
Read MoreNot only did I learn a new word that day, but also a lesson that can be applied to many areas of life…
Read MoreI want to share a lesson that I’ve learned that seems to be pretty obvious, but when you’re in the situation…
Read MoreLong ago, I had decided that I actually didn’t like poetry. To me it seemed to be an ego-boosting way of complicating a message, but how wrong I was…
Read MoreNow, that I’m drawing, I notice that images come to me just like words do. Little creatures that are nudging me, pulling on my sleeve saying,"Hey me!...
Read MoreBeing an early bird, I did know that one can get a lot of stuff done in the early morning. But I never thought of using this magic time for writing until I had this experience…
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