by Jocosa Wade | Apr 14, 2021 | Creativity, Inspiration, Memoir, Revision, Writers life
More than anything— other than living a writer’s life— I dreamed of becoming a famous actress. Fame was essential. It was the only level of validation that would prove to my family I wasn’t a self-serving wastrel. I studied the craft, auditioned, performed, and I...
by Jocosa Wade | Apr 7, 2021 | Inspiration, Revision, whores of negativity, Writers life, Writing tools
Jump back to the first time I went to make groceries in New Orleans. My oldest son was in the cart. He wasn’t strapped in or harnessed and often climbed back and forth between the seat and the cart, and I never gave it a second thought— Remember that. We zipped around...
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...
