It’s been cold and snowy. The winter storm warning continues until tomorrow afternoon. I thought that today would be a good day for me to share some of my poetry with you. I never thought of myself as a poet but a few years ago, my sister suggested that I try writing poetry. And I […]
When I was a child, I had many dreams, which ranged from exploring space in a rocket ship to drawing comics that were published in newspapers all across the United States and even the world. I dreamed that I would walk across the United States, starting at the shores of the Atlantic Ocean and ending
The prompt for week three of Inktober 52 is glide. Which made me think of a polar bear skating on ice that never melts. Here is this happy polar bear on ice skates. He’s looking for an ice dancing partner. I think that polar bears who enjoy ice dancing would be a delightful sight to
If you would like to do some of the creative writing exercises that I share in this blog, here are some resources. You can find all sorts of fun stuff with this random generator, including writing exercises and prompts and word games. I find the generators in this website to be very delightful. For me,
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“I want to sail with Bearnacle,” said LIttle Bear. “You don’t even have a name yet,” said Tiny Bear. “Nor do I.” “We can have an adventure with Bearnacle,” said Little Bear. “Then we will grow into whatever name our parents choose to give us.” “I suppose you’re right. I think that I have been
and your opportunity to vote for the winning photo caption! And now for the caption contest. Here is the photograph and below it are the captions. Please vote, either for one or, if you can’t decide, for your two favorites!
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This is my little lion friend. I really had fun drawing his portrait in colored pencils! My lion friend likes hanging out with the bears who live in my room, but they are sad because they don’t have a tiger friend. They want me to say, “Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!” And then,
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A few days ago, I talked about dealing with writer’s block. It’s that internal editor that acts as judge, jury, and executioner when you’re writing pretty much anything. It has no value when you’re composing a first draft because it blocks you and gives you nothing but frustration. That internal editor will have value later
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What could be more fun than a caption contest? Everyone is eligible to participate! And I will even send a prize. It will be a fun refrigerator magnet, with your choice of design. So here goes!!! Please write a caption for this photograph. You have until Monday night to post it. I will announce the
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Today’s prompt has me giving advice about a topic that I have a lot of knowledge about. Today, that advice will be about defeating writer’s block… or, at the very least, pushing writer’s block aside. It may come back, but not yet. One of the reasons that people have writer’s block is the fear that
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