Giant ice shelf snaps free from Canada’s Arctic
Dec 29“A giant ice shelf the size of 11,000 football fields has snapped free from Canada’s Arctic, leaving a trail of icy boulders floating in its wake.” This is an interesting article for anyone interested in climate change (and if you’re not, you really should be). Of course, there are lots of story ideas you can glean from this as well. I’m interested in writing...
Some Interesting Writing and Creativity Tips
Dec 29This lists some interesting tips, including some about writing and creativity. I especially liked the one about blogging and writer’s block. That’s something I can relate to. Also, there’s another about being “A Creative” and how that often doesn’t translate to action. Sound familiar to anyone else out there? It does to me, certainly. I have to admit I’ve...
Looking Back, Looking Ahead
Dec 26This is a traditional time of year for evaluating what we’ve done and looking ahead and planning the upcoming year. I think this is true regardless of whether you happen to be the type of person who makes resolutions (or who keeps them). I’ve been spending some time thinking about my writing year and planning what I’d like to accomplish next year. Much of this amounts to what...
Where do you get your ideas?
Dec 18How many times have you heard this question? Even worse, how many times have you felt your own creative well running dry? I’m a firm believer of two things. Generating ideas is very much like priming a pump. The more you do it, even if it’s a struggle at first, the more they’ll come to you. You positively, absolutely MUST generate a certain amount of trash in order to get to...
Horror or Humor, Depends on how you look at it.
Dec 16I read an article a few days ago about people in Turkey being required to vote, and I couldn’t help wonder about how that would work in the U.S. Let’s pause to mull that over, shall we? Mulling…. Hm… Let’s imagine that people in the U.S. are required to vote. I bet you can think of a dozen people, maybe more, right off the bat who shouldn’t be voting. Am I...