Monthly Writing Prompt: Know When to Break The Rules

As humans, we are natural storytellers. For me, certain images and smells strike me hard: tapping a memory, pulling me back into time, and demanding that I form those memories into something I can share. Lisa Cron (WIRED FOR STORY) explains that urge well in this interview on Start Your Novel, “Storytelling is the most powerful …

Q&A with Beth Hoffman, author of Looking for Me

I’ve come to accept that life, like the vast woodlands that surround my childhood home, is layered with mysteries. . . . We sift and search and question as we try to discover our truths and the truths of those we love, and sometimes…a mystery we never knew existed gets solved…. ~ Teddi Overman in Looking for …

Perfect Writing Weather

The sun has been out full force these past few days. But last month around this time, the skies were gray and the air was cold and the clouds insisted on throwing rain and sleet–perfect weather, really, since I had access to this wonderful, old house and two days of intensive writing. Pop over to …