“To be able to write, a woman must have a room of her own.” – Virginia Wolfe In December of 2009, I moved back to Kansas City, Missouri (KCMO) to work on some things with my family. They were living in an apartment at the time, but were supposed to move into a house in […]
“If you don’t have time to read, you have neither the tools nor the time to write.” – Stephen King I have a BA in English with an emphasis in Creative Writing. (I know. Shocking right?) During those years as an undergrad I couldn’t figure out why I had to take all of these various […]
Writing instruments seem like such a minute topic that it’s almost laughable to talk about. So why are we talking about it? I’ll give you three reasons. 1.) J K Rowling wrote Harry Potter on a typewriter. 2.) My friend Gary Jackson wrote, “Missing You: Metropolis,” on a computer. 3.) I do most of my […]
Whenever I tell people I’m a writer there’s always at least one person who says they wish they could write. But they don’t know where to start. My response is always the same. Start with the first sentence. Whatever the first thing is that comes to mind when you think about or talk about your […]
