If you’re the sort of person who makes a living out of using your imagination and creativity, then you know that losing the inspiration and the drive to write can sometimes feel like the beginning of the end. It’s like death in slow motion, like drowning in a sea full of sharks, like being left home alone in the middle of a snowstorm. It’s definitely not the most fun time of your life, and it’s...
Stuck Like Chuck and Breaking That Dam to Pieces
We all have our moments of feeling ‘stuck on stupid’. You know. Like when you feel as if your brain is just a soggy, mushy mush of cells and brain matter, with nothing sparking along the synapses. No signs of visible life. Maybe an alien thought wiggles around here and there, but quickly flits out of sight. Kind of like Mars! Only less outer-spacey and more oozy and gory. Your only recourse to...
Guest Post- Beat the Block And Write It Out
This is a new piece by Miz Sarah Harris on a topic I’m sure we all struggle with, even if writing is not your primary profession like me. Please enjoy, and be sure to make her feel welcome by dropping a comment below. Writers come in all shapes and sizes. Hardcopy, web, journalism, fiction, blogs… They all have something in common. Writer’s block. This is especially painful if you depend...