By Annette Rey
Seek and Find
I took a summer hiatus from this blog, but not from life. A patient has terminal cancer and I have been helping him to confront end of life issues. So forgive me for my absence.
On to the reason for this blog – to support writers on their journey to more knowledge and better writing. Let’s begin.
Writing What You Know
By Annette Rey
Your private memories reveal a different kind of truth separate from actual facts. The wallpaper you contemplated as you fell asleep as a child, counting the flowers or countryside images, took on a different reality than what the manufacturers intended.
Cynical Me!
By Annette Rey
This post has nothing to do with writing, unless you want to write about this menace.
They Pass Without Us Noticing
By Annette Rey
Agatha Christie said, “One doesn’t recognize the really important moments in one’s life until it’s too late.”
Do yourself and your writing life a favor, sit down right now and write down that important moment in your life – the one that really happened or the one you wish would.
To Pen Name or Not
By Annette Rey
It sounds simple and ridiculous to think changing your name may improve your writing opportunities, but here’s a writer’s story that may make you think differently.
Not the Usual Writing Lesson
By Annette Rey
What do I want to say? Will I tell you things you don’t want to hear?
Awareness and Attitude
By Annette Rey
I came across this piece of profound wisdom and want to share it with writers and any person trying to maneuver through life’s journey.
When you need a lifeline, you need a reminder like this.
Puddle Birds
By Annette Rey
It’s a 97 degree day. I’m waiting at a stoplight, just exiting a superhighway. Stressed, I look to the side and see a few stray birds hopping with fervor, drinking and splashing in a small puddle of water as they ignore the horrors of man’s creations surrounding them – fumes, noise, unnatural cement surfaces, an emotionless, colorless hell. This single oasis was formed by a gash in the dry soil from the tracks of a destructive construction machine. The birds’ antics cheer me up. I am glad for them. I, like they, are thankful for little things.
Rest Time
By Annette Rey
How about not having a writing lesson today? Just sit back and enjoy a few light thoughts.
Be the Real You When You Write
By Annette Rey
Supposedly Benjamin’s Franklin’s father told him, “Nothing is useful that is not honest.” I think that is a great way to start this post.
We writers need to be honest when we write.
Writer's Block No More 