“What made you choose that?” The question made me smile. The gentleman next to me didn’t ask it in a rude way. Maybe because I don’t seem like someone who’d be interested in the textile mill industry in late-1800s Philadelphia, he genuinely wanted to know why I’d chosen it for the background of my story.ContinueContinue reading “No Choice in the Matter”
Category Archives: Writer’s life
Giving Goals a Fighting Chance
Happy New Year! The beginning of a fresh year reminds me of a blank notebook. Empty pages have always filled me with inspiration, and in regards to the new year, I’m looking forward to seeing how each new page of 2014 will be filled. Of course, this is the time of year for resolutions. Love ’emContinueContinue reading “Giving Goals a Fighting Chance”
The Color Red: the Brighter Side
When I counted every person who had critiqued the chapter I blogged about last week, I calculated twenty. Never before have I had that large of a critique group, and never before has my writing changed so drastically from start to finish. Over two months ago, before another pair of eyes had seen that chapter,ContinueContinue reading “The Color Red: the Brighter Side”
You’re Probably a Writer If…
Can you identify with writers’ perspectives, quirks, or various forms of madness? Go on–see how you compare. No one need know. You are probably a writer if: You can provide, offer, suggest, recommend, propose a minimum of five synonyms for any word. Your blood tests prove that for every part blood, there is one partContinueContinue reading “You’re Probably a Writer If…”
Meagan Briggs 