Category Archives: Creative Living

More – or less – than meets the eye

Posted on August 8, 2014 by verawrites

It’s a good thing my income does not depend on my writing; there has been too little of it lately. And yet, as I read and think and write, I know – despite lulls or dry spells – that I … Continue reading →

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Hot Summer… Cool You — Now with Extra Tips!

Posted on June 18, 2014 by verawrites

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Today is the official starting day of Summer. Yaaay! Hopefully you can get away for a few days of vacation, or maybe even staycation). Until then, here are some ideas to cool down as the heat and humidity ramp up. … Continue reading →

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Mayfly

Posted on March 26, 2014 by verawrites

Sometimes I wish I was A mayfly… To live a lifetime In just One Day. Be born Live Love And die. A mayfly needs No school No work No stuff It merely Sees Breathes Flies Eats Loves Lives And dies. … Continue reading →

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7 Things Every Writer Must Know to Thrive and Survive

Posted on March 12, 2014 by verawrites

I enjoy Twitter – I get exposed to some helpful information, inspirational quotes and links to great websites and blogs. Cathy Ostapchuk tweeted about this post by Kurt Bubna. It was a “word in due season” for me, so I … Continue reading →

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So THIS is Christmas…

Posted on December 21, 2013 by verawrites

Some music to accompany you as you enter into this holy-day season of Christ-mas http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXh7JR9oKVE&list=RDf7baFMmSv4k and this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xagijq3_-s4 and this   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7baFMmSv4k and a very Merry Christmas to my international friends 🙂 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cSYIhQ522A    

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Christmas is coming…

Posted on December 7, 2013 by verawrites

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I have danced with dust and debris I have done the dirty laundry, Now I sit and write As the vacuum waits To make my home nice and clean. (To be read in lyrical cadence) Now you see why I … Continue reading →

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Nowhere near the finish line

Posted on December 3, 2013 by verawrites

I was postponing this shameful moment, having to confess that I was not even close to 50K words on my novel in November (for nanowrimo). About halfway through, I read an encouraging note that suggested writers set their own goals … Continue reading →

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Inspired by Poodle Springs (written by Raymond Chandler & Robert B. Parker)

Posted on November 29, 2013 by verawrites

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  LEVERAGE When the official statement was issued, our eyes met quickly, surprised. Then, Jenna got up and started working her way around the room with her camera. I sat still, a calm island in a sea-swell of press, my … Continue reading →

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More than Halfway Through November

Posted on November 18, 2013 by verawrites

Help! I’m drowning… well, not really. But I am feeling kind of schizophrenic – as a writer, that is. On impulse, I signed up for the write-a-novel-in-the-month-of-November challenge without planning to. I had no delightful ideas of what to write, … Continue reading →

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Funeral (Themed Writing Contest Week 23)

Posted on November 15, 2013 by verawrites

She said she had to find out, and I agreed to help her. I was one of the guys who had loved her and left her. But when she could have told my secret and ruined me, she didn’t. And … Continue reading →

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