Joys of Online Journaling (And Getting the Crazy Out of My Head)

I made a seriously exciting discovery this week.  You know how I’ve been writing about my complete inability to write lately? And how it’s all been crap?  Well, I think I know why. It’s not because I don’t have anything to say.  Or because I’m just a sucky writer.  Rather, it’s because I have a [...]

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Writing Through a Funnel

I’ve got to be honest.  The writing has been slow going.  I keep getting the feeling I want to write, I want to create, but it hasn’t happened.  And I’m not just talking about the blog.  I’m talking about my other writing too. Something in me has changed. Not to say I’m not interested in [...]

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Why Do You Write?

This post was written by Heather Rae.  Follow me on Twitter or Facebook. A few days ago, I had a conversation with a friend.  While walking on the beach, we talked about the randomness that is life.  And somehow we moved to the topic of my writing.  First, we discussed what type of book I [...]

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You Fit Into Me

This post was written by Heather Rae.  Follow me on Twitter or Facebook. As you might know, I’ve been on a quest to find great poetry.  There is so much to learn from the words of a poet — how a thought, a feeling, a sensation can be expressed so brilliantly through the lines; how [...]

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L.A. Times Festival of Books

This post was written by Heather Rae.  Follow me on Twitter or Facebook. I headed down to UCLA over the weekend to check out the L.A. Times Festival of books. (You probably already know that, given the fact that I’ve been tweeting and facebooking about it.)  The festival was great.  And the weather?  Seriously perfect. [...]

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The Evolution of a Blog

This post was written by Heather Rae.  Follow me on Twitter or StumbleUpon. Just when I think I have this blog thing under control, something changes. Here’s the thing.  Since way back at the beginning of this foray into blogging, I’ve struggled with what to focus on. Should my blog be the personal journey of [...]

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First, Do What Matters: Thoughts on Organizing Your Schedule

This post was written by Heather Rae.  Follow me on Twitter or StumbleUpon. The past several weeks, I’ve been struggling with how to organize my schedule. You see, this whole business of working on my own — writing a novel, maintaining a website and developing a number of other writing projects — it’s had me [...]

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Anonymity

I had a bad day yesterday.  It was the perfect storm of work crises and personal let downs forming a swirling mess of leaves and wind blowing through my mind.  And I wanted to write about it.  I needed to get it out – in detail. There’s just one problem–I don’t want a coworker, a [...]

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Blog Action Day 2009

Yesterday, I heard about a really great event called Blog Action Day. Blog Action Day (B.A.D.) is an annual event that unites the world’s bloggers in posting about the same issue on the same day on their own blogs. The purpose of B.A.D. is to create a discussion. By focusing on a single topic on [...]

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Taking Inventory

The latest assignment for my creative writing class was to help me learn about myself through writing. The assignment was to create a book outline of my life; name the chapters and subchapters. After outlining my life to the present day, I outlined my future, based on the direction I want to take. What will [...]

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