Famous Quotes About Writing – Why We Love Them So
I truly love to read famous quotes about writing, mostly because they help to remind me, on days when I actually loath to write, that our self-respect as writers lies in the doing of writing, and not in the done. Oftentimes, a single quote will be enough to get...
Simple Ways To Improve Your Writing – 5 Tips That May Surprise You
So often when we think of becoming a better writer or how to write well, our minds will automatically zero in on things like grammar, structure, or the so called 'rules' of writing. My idea of writing well has always been the opposite of these conventional rules...
Writing In The Slow Lane – Depth Over Speed
There is a deeper flow to our lives, the kind that can be likened to the silent, ever constant movement of life that takes place at the bottom of the ocean. Sometimes the surface may be still and calm. Other times turbulent and violent. But always, way deep down,...
Writing Your Guts Out – A Writer’s Best Medicine
I am sitting in the lush and comfortable living room of a heritage home Bed & Breakfast as I write this. I am not on vacation, but rather resting with my feet up after preparing a gourmet breakfast for the guests who are staying here. Yes, I work here off and on...
The Tao of Writing – A Way of Life
What Is The Tao? In its most basic definition, The Tao is natural law, or how things happen. It can also be described as a way of life, or how to live in conscious harmony with the natural law. With this description in mind, I wanted to explore The Tao further as to...
Writers and Coffee – A Match Made In Heaven
Writers have an almost crazed reputation for being notorious coffee drinkers, and I would venture to guess there isn't another group of people who have a closer association with drinking copious amounts of the brew than writers. There are a lot of writers I know who...
Writing Close To The Bone – Part Two
I am sitting in a cozy chair in the living room while I begin writing close to the bone. I can hear the tic...tic of the clock on the wall. The sound of the fridge humming in the background is almost soothing. Too much silence can be loud. The cat is purring on the...
Writing Close To The Bone – The Art & Practice of Coming Undone
I am sitting at my desk as I write this. From my window everything looks a bit bleak, bare, and grey. Even the sky looks chilly, pulling the clouds in close like a warm blanket. A few geese have just flown by, honking on their way to hopefully, somewhere warmer. Such...
A Unified Language of Love
A blessed downpour of rain has just fallen across the valley where I live after five days of sweltering heat and humidity, which called for Environment Canada to issue heat alerts for all five days while the humidex climbed close to 40. I've just finished preserving...
The Pulse of Pure Awareness
It's a sunny afternoon as I look out my window and write. The red-winged blackbirds have returned after the coldest winter I can ever remember. Their song does wonders at warming the heart. On the eve of the Spring Equinox, I am feeling the anticipation of a larger...
The Silence of Morning
There is a silence, a beautiful kind of stillness, that comes from the freshness of early morning, before the sun rises, before the energy of human activity fills the air. I like to call this stillness, the silent peace of God. There is something reverent about the...
The Essence We’re Shifting Into
You'd have to be asleep under a rock to not be aware of the massive 'mind meltdown' that's been taking place on this planet of late. If you are reading this, then you know what I'm talking about so I won't go on to explain further, except to say very succinctly...if...