by Jocosa Wade | Jan 30, 2020 | Books, Inspiration, Memoir, Writers life
Here’s how it started. My intention was to go to Inquiring Minds— the local bookstore— to order a couple books that will launch later this year and snag a book for a friend. I walked through the door and there she was— Nora Ephron. No flash or flurry. Just Nora with...
by Jocosa Wade | Jan 23, 2020 | Creativity, Inspiration, Writers life
The Gift This painting hangs in the living room of my house. It didn’t always. Once upon a time there was a large painting of cattails going to seed upon this wall. It was one of the ugliest paintings I’ve ever seen, and I had no desire to see it on a daily basis. But...
by Jocosa Wade | Jan 16, 2020 | Creativity, Inspiration, whores of negativity, Writers life
On Saturday, I transcribed a bunch of Notes for this Toolbox. Took them out of my notebook and placed them in a computer document, so on Sunday, I could print them out and reshape them into something readable to share. I was very excited because this task is one of my...
by Jocosa Wade | Jan 9, 2020 | Inspiration, Memoir, Snow Queen, Writers life
Writers aren’t supposed to talk in detail about their Work-In-Progress. It might jinx the flow, or bring the project to a halt. But I’ve decided to risk pissing off the Snow Queen because, well, the process is driving me a little crazy, and what I’m learning might be...
by Jocosa Wade | Jan 2, 2020 | Creativity, Inspiration, Snow Queen, whores of negativity, Writers life, Writing tools
Confession— I never thought about punctuation until I read The Hours by Michael Cunningham. The way he uses a semi-colon is damn sexy. I wanted that for my writing. Unaware of semi-colon rules, I tossed them into paragraphs willy-nilly until a writing teacher set me...
