by Jocosa Wade | Mar 31, 2021 | Inspiration, Snow Queen, Writers life, Writing tools
Writers have a built-in hunger for advice. Born of insecurity, I think. Or maybe I say that because my insecurities have been throwing a party ever since the final feedback came in on my manuscript. Still, I stand by it. Writing is hard. Much harder than anyone can...
by Jocosa Wade | Mar 24, 2021 | Inspiration, Snow Queen, Writers life
I was reading Clementine and the Family Meeting by Sara Pennypacker. Eight-year-old Clementine and her dad were building a new dining table because her mom was having a baby, which was going to throw the entire seating arrangement of their family of four out of whack,...
by Jocosa Wade | Mar 17, 2021 | Creativity, Inspiration, Revision, Writers life, Writing tools
Now that the 1960s is considered historical fiction, I may not be able to refresh your memory, so let me expand the scope of your sitcom knowledge with a little trivia about the Emmy Award winning sitcom Hogan’s Heroes (1965-1971). Set in a Nazi German prisoner-of-war...
by Jocosa Wade | Mar 10, 2021 | Creativity, Inspiration, Revision, whores of negativity, Writers life, Writing tools
If you’re a regular reader of these Notes from the Toolbox, you may remember I wrote my first story at the age of seven. It wasn’t a homework assignment. No adult suggested I give it a whirl by tempting me with lessons, which is how I came to play the flute and study...
by Jocosa Wade | Mar 3, 2021 | Inspiration, Revision, Writers life
Fear stopped by. He arrived a few days after the feedback from my editor. His timing as impeccable as Maggie Smith’s, only I’m not laughing. He just barged in. No mask. Didn’t even attempt to social distance. I gave him the cold shoulder but he’s refused to leave. I...
