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...
by Jocosa Wade | Dec 25, 2019 | Creativity, Inspiration, Writers life, Writing tools
I’ve become obsessed with notebooks. I have nothing against loose-leaf paper. Loose-leaf gives me freedom to abandon the stories that aren’t showing me any love. As Margaret Atwood says… The wastebasket is your friend. But the ease of tossing loose paper gives me an...
by Jocosa Wade | Dec 18, 2019 | Books, Inspiration, Writers life
It’s that time of year again. I’m not referring to the Holidays, or setting aside time to take stock of what I did or didn’t accomplish over the last eleven months in order to prepare for those dreaded New Year’s Resolutions. I refuse to...
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