How Stained Glass Can Inspire Your Writing

Okay, I may have used a misleading title. It should read: How My Memories of Stained Glass Classes Inspired My Writing Practices Today and What You Can Learn From the Resulting Metaphor. I was involved in a lot as a kid. Like, A LOT. Ballet, jazz, tap, Irish step dancing, Girl Scouts, swimming, horse back […]

On Writing Writing Prompts

A writer needs to have several mindsets, each dependent on the genre of their craft. For fiction, the writer must be in the mind of the protagonist, antagonist, and side characters; for nonfiction, the writer’s mind must be research-based. But what about the writer who writes writing prompts? What mindset does the writer need to […]

Why “The Muse” is Overrated

Any type of art is, of its own accord, an act of creation. Some people avoid using the word in relation to mortals for religious reasons, but artists create tangible expression in one form or another. The act of creation has religious connotations for various reasons; this meaning manifests itself into art forms no matter […]

5 Ways to Brainstorm for Your Blog

Developing ideas can be tiresome, especially for a writer. Writers are already creating stories for their writing – but blog posts too?! Sometimes it can get overwhelming, and writer’s block can set in. So what is a writer to do when all ideas have seemingly been written, and no topic has been left undiscovered? The […]

My Love for Anime and How That Influences My Writing

I am addicted to stories. I love reading them, I love writing them, and I also love to watch them. Beyond going to the movies and seeing the big screen, beyond watching the Disney princesses and televised competitions – there is anime. I have been a fan of anime since I was a child, though […]

Writer’s Block and the Muse

It’s Day 8 of Camp NaNoWriMo, and I feel as if I am losing my will to write. I haven’t felt writer’s block in years. To tell you the truth, I tried not to believe writer’s block existed. I figured, “If I write something every day, then I can’t possibly get writer’s block.” I thought […]