Category: Diary of a Bad Writer
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Diary of a Bad Writer: Nom de Plum
When an author decides to publish under a pen name there are things they should consider. While pen names seem cool on the outside, there are downsides to using one as well. First off, I pose the question: why are you considering using a pen name? There are various reasons someone would want to use…
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Diary of a Bad Writer: An Uncluttered Road
A dear friend went on vacation. She packed her bags, fueled up her car, and hit the road. She shared her adventure on her blog glitzyadventure.com, and of course, I’ve had to read it. In one of her posts she closes the dialogue with this statement: Our road is presently uncluttered. Kathy Leigh – My…
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Diary of a Bad Writer: Simplicity
As I begin to catch up to my mother’s age, I realize more and more how we, as humanity, accumulate stuff we think we can’t live without, yet in reality…we can and often times should. But then the challenge of letting it all go becomes stressful. That 65 inch television you got for Father’s Day…
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Diary of a Bad Writer: Cats Are Bookish…Right?
Diary of a Bad Writer: Cats Are Bookish…Right? Absolutely, and you can blame the rodent delicacy of book binding glue for that little fact.
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Diary of a Bad Writer: Hear My Heart
The wolf won’t ever have to fight for his food, if he can convince the sheep that the sheepdog is the enemy. Officer Parker I’m not one to blog about my political position, especially since I am on the political frontlines within a law enforcement agency, but today I am hoping you’ll simply hear my…
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Diary of a Bad Writer: Focus
“I only write when I am inspired. Fortunately, I am inspired at 9 o’clock every morning.” William Faulkner Stereotype: Writers are Procrastinators. Even now as I sit before my computer, I find myself distracted. It isn’t the allure of social media or the call of email that pulls my focus. Instead, it is research. Yep,…
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Diary of A Bad Writer: Fear, Caution, and Responsibility
Pandemic. COVID-19. Coronavirus. All words which have become commonplace in our vernacular in recent months, and spewing forth from these terms is the unintended consequence of Fear. You writers will notice that Fear is capitalized. This is a technique where a writer capitalizes an abstract word to personify it. Thus we have Fear. And Fear,…
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Diary of a Bad Writer: It’s a Small World Afterall
This is mass hysteria promulgated by the viral nature of social media and mainstream media, and now stores simply cannot restock fast enough. With no strong leader standing up to thwart the propelment of media enticed fear, what did you think would happen?
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Diary of a Bad Writer: Marginalia
Have you ever picked up a book only to find – gasp – the pages littered with random scribblings! If marginalia is a pet peeve of yours, then please don’t ask to borrow one of my books – especially any from my lit classes. Even my Bible is written in. Yes, I am one of…
Peace In The Margins 