


What do you consider your genre to be? Do you have one?Are you still searching for one?Are you eclectic?...
I'm not sure this is on point with this forum, but I figured that mamas who write would be particularly attuned to what I'm asking about. I'm curious how others incorporate literary traditions into their family lives. My husband and I read books to our children, but as they get ol...
Another true story. The little Italian restaurant, 'Raffalo's' was cram packed this Friday night. I was the waitress/manager who routinely handled the sixteen tables alone. Wonder Waitress! When I was terribly busy however, I wasn't the friendliest server, just very effici...
thought I would share :loveeyes:~~~~Frustrations run thru me some dayssome days it is all I can bear to listen to all of the questionsthey rattle my mind, invade my peaceI just want to beto just bedeep love I have like the deepest oceanslike the full moons glowthat beautify my life and soulthat...
Writing TipsBirthstory: The Journey to Motherhood is a writing workshop open to writers of all experience levels. Our scope and focus for the eight-week session will be centered around pregnancy, birth and post-partum but is not limited to women who have given birth. Becoming a mother can tak...
I hope it's okay for me to post this as a thought or two: I haven't ever had the guts to post here, but have been lurking since I joined MDC.So here's the thing: how do you get past the fear? The fear of criticism, the interior monologue that critiques every word you write? I woul...
Hello writing mamas,I thought I'd give you a breakdown of the rhythm of how things will work in our group. We are together for eight weeks and I have our topics divided like this:Freewrite/IntroductionBrainstorm/CreationPoco a Poco (little by little)/Finding our wayWriting the storyRevision...
I'm just curious about all my MDC writing friends :) What are you writing these days (genres)?How much planning do you do before actually writing (Do you make an outline? Storyboard? Do you know all of your characters beforehand, etc.?)Do you have daily or weekly writing goals? What are t...
Anyone research and write a nonfiction book? I am toying with the idea and would like to hear others' experiences....
Anyone ever think about doing this? I once saw on Oprah (yeah, yeah...:o ) about a mom who was stricken with cancer, and spent most of her remaining time videotaping herself and writing letters for her daughter. It got me thinking about writing My Story for my daughters...you know, to allow them...
How many of you are a part of a group? If so, how do you work it? I'm part of two groups, one is more of a writing practice group where we do a practice assignment in class (there is a facilitator) and are sent home with 'assignments' It is fun and very motivating. The other on...
From What If: Writing Exercises for Fiction Writers...Beginners' stories often meander for three or four pages before the story begins to rear its head...(but in many great stories) first sentences put the reader in the middle of things...Write three opening lines that "start in the middle"...
Lets try this just for fun :jumpers: Let's write an interactive poem using the form af Haiku or seyrru.Write three lines and the next person will compose another Haiku using the last line of yours.Ex/ the stars penetrate the nightnew moon is unseenhe holds my hand in the darkThe next person...
What are some of your favorites??I like the Writers Idea Book, the Writers book of Days..which breaks down subjects and prompts into seasons and A Room to Write.Those are only three of my long list, just the ones I'm using now. XH just got me a book called the Playful Way to Serious Writin...
Hi,I wondered if anyone else has experiece writing articles at mechturk. It does not pay very much. I have found the requesters to be very variable in what they do and do not accept. I also get the feeling that some requesters are 'rejecting' the articles, but still using them. I just...
