Contributed by FoW regular Valeka Cruz If you’re in the mood to add a little spark and creativity to your writing but aren’t sure how, look no further than this Wacky Wednesday Writing Prompt! Enjoy the photo, have fun with your writing and see where it takes you! You and a few of your fine-feathered…
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What’s Dog Got to Do With It?
Being a cat person, it’s ironic for me to use a dog as the symbol of Fear of Writing. Here’s Dog in all his glory (right), setting a match to his manuscript. I originally commissioned the dog image from artist Steve Andrus as a way to reassure potential readers that this book isn’t scary—it’s about…
Mainlining Chocolate Fudge at the Writer’s Immunization Clinic
Recently the ever-inspirational Charlotte Rains Dixon (@Wordstrumpet) wrote a very helpful post on her blog called How Do You Beat the Writer’s Blues? Well worth bookmarking for those moments when you’re floundering and your brain ab-so-lute-ly refuses to remember any strategies that ever worked for you in the past. In the comments section, I was…
Estrella’s Seasonal Photo Challenge: More Fun Than Challenge
Estrella Azul is a talented young writer and artisan and a woman I’m proud to call my friend. Some of my Fear of Writing regulars may know her from the 10K Days, while some of you may know her from her stories as a staff writer over on my travel blog, Milliver’s Travels. Estrella has…
Hangin’ Out With Atreyu
By Milli Thornton Apart from the June 10K Days, the Fear of Writing blog has not seen much activity since mid-June, when I left for my vacation in New Mexico. The vacation only lasted a week . . . but I caught a bug while we were there. I didn’t get much chance to rest…
Coffee and Writing: A Love Affair
By Milli Thornton I WAS OVER on @Wordstrumpet‘s blog (don’t you just love that Twitter handle?!) reading a post called You Can Do It! when I had an aha moment. Charlotte Rains Dixon was talking about her habits of procrastination after promising herself a writing session. And about what works best for her to get…
The view from my office window . . . and beyond
By Milli Thornton Today I have a special post for you. This is about two familiar yet ever-changing views that feed my writing a nourishing diet of nature, color and the antics of local critters. My inspiration for this post came like a double ice-cream cone of yummy, from two other bloggers on the same…
A blogger award with a Zumbalicious twist
By Milli Thornton Call me a double Aquarian but I’ve never been into awards. If I ever received a national or international award for anything about my life’s work, I would have to sort through a mass of conflicting emotions about it. But isn’t it typical of a writer to magnify something into the Worst…
The Mini Writing Retreat That Morphed
By Milli Thornton. Photos Copyright © Milli Thornton In a post written on the first day of May (How to Dream a Writing Retreat Into Your Life), I announced that I was leaving the next morning for a writing retreat at a B&B two hours down the road in Ashland, Ohio. I said I would…
The Practice Novel
By guest blogger David Schoeman In this article I will be discussing the concept of a practice novel or, as I call it, my sandbox. The biggest mistake we, as adults, make is to let go of our willingness to play. Sorry, but I’m too busy. The children have their needs, I’ve got my work…
