A Journal of Discovery, Creation, and Personal Power
Excited squeals dinned the quiet peace of lapping waves and the crooning of gulls flying out above the water. With a gentle whoosh the sea slunk up the pale white sands and then retreated in a bubble of glittering froth. Small pools lingered in divots on the darker sand nearest the shoreline. They trailed along…Read More…
What was your score, and is there anything about yourself you can change to improve it? And do you really want to? (100 – 250 words) My score was 69. I’m happy with that. One change I could make is to stop idealizing my name on the spine and instead focus on the reality of…Read More…
What bad attitudes, bad beliefs, or bad habits do you have that could hold you back from making writing your career – and what can you do right now to fix them? (100 – 250 words) Number one would definitely have to be my “lack of discipline“. I don’t write every day. Mostly, I use…Read More…
Who is the one person in your life, past or present, you would love to prove wrong about you – and how can you take the emotions you still feel about that person and turn those emotions into the drive that will keep you writing when things are hard? (100 – 250 words) I don’t…Read More…
What have you experienced in your life that is real — not packaged, not processed, not made safe and tasteless and risk-free…and how can you use your experience in your writing? The first REAL experience that leaps to mind is childbirth and motherhood. Both are messy, with heightened pain and joy and horror and thrill.…Read More…
What do you love, and how can you make that what you write about? Long ago, I realized that I’m not all that unique a person. I learned, that if there is something I love, odds are other people will love it too. That ideal has helped me write what inspires me and interests me…Read More…
Who has already benefited from the writing you’ve done, and how (include yourself in this answer)? Who will benefit if you keep writing — and how will they benefit? Had trouble cutting down the wordcount so please forgive my writing double the limit. But I realised even in these many words I’m only just scratching…Read More…
“What have you learned from LIFE that has given you themes, experience, and ideas for stories you can start telling right now“ One of the biggest lessons I’ve learned from life is motherhood. As a mother I’ve learned about true love, trust, and devotion. I’ve learned what it is to look down on a baby…Read More…
How can you quiet your conscious mind so you can hear what your subconscious mind – your Muse – is trying to tell you? I’ve found hot showers work a little, but not reliably. Usually I resort to what I call ‘white noise’. Usually it is some form of music, sometimes with words, sometimes without.…Read More…
1. What is the worst thing that could happen if you become a writer (and how likely is that to happen)? 2. What is the worst think that could happen if you DON’T become a writer (and how likely is that to happen)? (100-250 words) It is much harder to answer this than it is…Read More…
What obstacles have you overcome in your life to get where you are, and what obstacles do you foresee facing as you pursue your dream of writing? (100 to 250 words) Like Holly, I gave up further schooling in favour of leaping head-first into life. At the ultra young age of just seventeen years I…Read More…
What scares me the most when I consider writing for a living, and WHY does it scare me? (100-250 words) This is the first of the questions asked by Holly Lisle’s Mugging the Muse workshop. Let me think about it… I think part of the hardest thing I face when writing is that I don’t…Read More…