Be a Confident, Resourceful Creator
MONDAY’S TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE, 5/8/2017. Theme, King of Wands. Wands is the element of Fire in the realm of spirit, creativity, career, and work. The king is the ruler, the one who is confident and has the power to manage and direct the resources of his realm. This week, look for those times […]
Collaborate in Your Creative Work
MONDAY’S TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE, 4/17/2017. Theme, 2 of Cups. Cups is the element of Water in the realm of heart, emotions, dreams, intuition and creativity. Two is often a number of partnership and collaboration. This week, look for opportunities to collaborate in your creative work because it has the power to strengthen and […]
Time for Your Writing Health Checkup?
I recently had my annual physical checkup. Perhaps it is because I am heading to official senior-dom in August, but I was given or scheduled for a bunch of tests I’ve never had before. They also drew blood, weighed and measured me (I’ve shrunk in height but, unfortunately, not in weight). I left the office […]
Proudly Share Your Creative Work
MONDAY’S TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE, 4/3/17 Theme, Page of Coins. Coins is the element of Earth in the realm of home, health and wealth, anything you can touch, taste or feel. Page is the messenger with vitality and energy. Notice how this Page holds that Coin–proudly. This week, look for opportunities to proudly share […]
Be Ready to Receive New Insights, New Ideas
MONDAY’S TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE, 3/27/2017 Theme, Ace of Swords. Swords is the element of Air in the realm of mind, thoughts, attitudes, beliefs and communication. Ace is the beginning, a gift from spirit holding all potential and possibility. This week, be ready to receive that new idea, new insight, divine inspiration. If you […]
The Creative Power of Empathy
Empathy, the least comfortable of human emotions. ~Frances Gray Patton~ An important technique of fiction writing is Deep POV (Point of View). This technique uses the third person point of view in such a way that the reader feels as if she is inside the person’s head—or heart—for that scene. Which means, as you read, […]
Inspiring Deadlines and NaNoWriMo
A deadline is negative inspiration. Still, it’s better than no inspiration at all. ~ Rita Mae Brown ~ If you are a writer, especially a fiction writer, then you are very aware that October is almost over and that means… NaNoWriMo! If you are not a fiction writer, NaNoWriMo is short for National Novel Writing […]
Overnight Success—Are You Pursuing It?
People seldom see the halting and painful steps by which the most significant success is achieved. ~Annie Sullivan~ Recently, I attended our village’s annual lawn party fundraiser for our small but excellent library. A friend who now lives with her husband year round in New Orleans, attended the event after just returning from a trip […]
Time to Launch a New Creative Project?
MONDAY’S TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE, 8/29/2016 Theme, Ace of Wands. Wands is the element of Fire in the realm of spirit, creativity, career, work. Ace is the beginning, the seed, the first step. It’s time to start that exciting creative project that you’ve been sitting on while you tend to other things. Let it […]
What is Your Writing Goal Today?
Recently, I set a writing goal to finish a proposal for a nonfiction book. For those of you who have never done a book proposal, it is something like writing a Master’s Thesis–lots of work, lots of writing. On Monday of that week, I set the goal to finish the book proposal by that Friday […]