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    Sparks

    Some writers have a cloud of ideas and characters and their biggest problem is they don’t know which one to pick first. They finish one story, put it aside and start on a whole brand new exciting world. And then there’s writers like me. As most people who read this blog probably know, I have One Idea. One World. One (growing) set of characters. And while I think my world and characters are very good, this is what I’ve worked on my whole life and whenever I look beyond into the vastness of fiction that leaves the confines of that world I see a open nothingness. Until a couple weeks…

  • inspiration,  real life

    Imagination

    A few days ago the midget sent me this picture attached with a caption that one of her young friends said, ‘This is an old lady. She’s pointing her cane towards the sky.’ To which I think is brilliant. I think we should never grow too old that we cannot look at the sky and see animals, or see mountain ranges as sleeping giants, or trees as old ladies.