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 Getting Very Far as a Writer?
Tag Archives: Reflections
A Writer’s Lament
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?
Another Message to My Readers
It’s Tough to be Human
By Annette Rey
While I don’t like to discuss personal things on my site, I feel a mention should be made why I have not posted for nineteen days.
A Gentle Thought for Your Day
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.
You Deserve a Break Today
Rest Time
By Annette Rey
How about not having a writing lesson today? Just sit back and enjoy a few light thoughts.
Always a Writer
No Matter Where I Am
By Annette Rey
The other day I got an unexpected break and had a couple of hours on my hands – quite an unusual treat. Because I never can just drop everything and do what I imagine the average person does (have fun), I made two business stops first. Then I took time for myself.
It was a beautiful, sunny day. I felt light and airy, too. Where did I go?
Dissatisfied Writers Living Conflicted Lives, Part I
Self Matters by Dr. Phil McGraw – NOT a book review
By Annette Rey
If you don’t like Dr. Phil, and it’s my experience people either love him or hate him, don’t stop reading. If you are a writer, these comments can help you.
Writing About Interesting People
Whom You Meet
By Annette Rey
We meet people everyday and usually take little notice, and we certainly don’t engage in extended conversation with strangers. That’s too bad because we miss good opportunities to study the differences between people, and to discover things about them we can’t read from the surface.
Because I stepped over into another person’s world, today presented fodder for my writing. I remind you, as writers, to do the same.
A Fifteen-Minute Memoir
If Stuck, Start Here
By Annette Rey
This exercise can go anywhere each individual writer can take it. Make an effort to be accurate and include high points (and low points) you’d like a reader to know.
The result can be a start to a longer memoir piece.
Writer's Block No More 