A few weeks ago, alliteration was the poetry topic. This week it's assonance. According to the Oxford Dictionary: Assonance (noun) in poetry, the repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in non-rhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible. I received this bit of assonance from Parker … Continue reading Assonance
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Love Trio
Today is the last day to get the Love Trio deal. $15 for all three illustrated e-books: Chasing Love, Finding Love, and Losing Love. Tomorrow the price will increase to $25. Check them out here. Thanks in advance to those who purchase these. I hope you love them. Happy St. Patricks Day!
New Year Goals
Do you start each new year with resolutions or goals? When the year comes to a close, I like to look back and see what I've accomplished. I don't have a paying job, but I work every day. What am I doing? Writing poetry, short stories, blogs, my novel, my how-to-write poetry books, putting together … Continue reading New Year Goals
Mission Possible
National Novel Writing Month or NaNoWriMo is in full swing! This is a challenge to write 50,000 words of a new manuscript in the month of November. Some writers modify this challenge to finish novels or even several projects. This is my intent this year. I have two novels that need finishing (I hope for … Continue reading Mission Possible
Moving and Back to Writing
I’ve been missing in action lately. I apologize. We are moving. In fact, we’ve been moving over the course of the last three weeks, and we still have more moving to do. This explains my absence. I know, excuses, excuses.We now live 200 miles south of our previous address, and the unpacking and searching for … Continue reading Moving and Back to Writing
Published
Don't you love how God works things out? My husband's birth mom and my husband pray every day for my writing endeavors. They ask the Lord not only that I will feel inspired but that He will make ways for others to enjoy the fruit of my labors. God is answering those prayers and I'm … Continue reading Published
Plate Spinning
Projects. How many spinning plates are you holding? Sometimes, I think I have too many, but I tire of one project and move on to another. What about you? Some people think that having too many means you’ll never finish one. That’s a possibility for sure. Perhaps I should schedule a project for each day … Continue reading Plate Spinning
End of National Poetry Month
The end of National Poetry Month is tomorrow. Writing poetry every day with several friends this month has brightened my life. I have hardly missed a day of writing all year, but writing with friends is so much more enjoyable. Have you been writing poetry this April? Would you like to share? I’d love to … Continue reading End of National Poetry Month
Write Poetry with Me
Tomorrow is the start of National Poetry Writing Month (NaPoWriMo), so I’m getting this post out early. As usual, I am taking up the challenge. Last year was the starting point for a series of books I’ve been writing called A Poetic Journey. The sixth book is in the writing stages now. Each book comprises … Continue reading Write Poetry with Me
Lunch
Yesterday was a balm to my soul. When was the last time I had lunch out with girlfriends? A crazy long time. I miss it so much. I see these ladies almost every Sunday, but we get little time to chat. As a social person, the first year of the pandemic irritated me. Soon, I … Continue reading Lunch