Lisa Rivero
Below are some blog posts and web pages from the past week that I want to be sure to share. What bookmarkable finds have you made recently? From The Writer Magazine: Those Pesky Day Jobs You need to be a registered member of The Writer online to read “Why I Don’t Want to Quit My …
This post is for a good friend and writing buddy who first introduced me to the incredible writing blog of Alexandra Sokoloff. I recently bought Sokoloff’s Kindle edition of Screenwriting Tricks For Authors (and Screenwriters!), which I highly recommend. Although most of the information in the book is available on her blog, having it all …
“Control of consciousness determines the quality of life.” ~ Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Think of the last time you were fully engaged with your writing. You were working to meet the challenge at hand, but you didn’t feel as though you were working. Rather, you were playing intensely. Your skills were perfectly matched to what was expected …
An unexpected perk of going back to school is that I’m reading articles and books that I otherwise would not pick up, not because I’m not interested, but simply because a) I wouldn’t have come across them, and b) I wouldn’t have had the motivation of a deadline to finish. (Sidenote: it’s also an underrated …
Last night after supper I bathed in the first rain water of the season from our barrel. It is now spring, so meadowlarks sing in the snow.