by Jocosa Wade | Oct 21, 2020 | Creativity, Inspiration, Revision, whores of negativity, Writers life
I’ve been attending a lot of author events since the world went virtual. At first, the number of events was overwhelming. It felt as if every creative individual wanted a piece of me, which is silly because no one knows me, other than y’all. Thanks, for being here....
by Jocosa Wade | Oct 14, 2020 | Inspiration, Revision, Writers life
Abigail and I came across Isabel and her dog Dot the other day. They used to be Weekenders. But once Governor Cuomo ordered all nonessential businesses close statewide, they became permanent dwellers in the acreage next to mine. Isabel is an architectural historian,...
by Jocosa Wade | Oct 7, 2020 | Creativity, Inspiration, Revision, Writers life
One of my friends starts chemo today (that’s yesterday in your world dear friends, readers and voyeurs). In order to combat the mounting dread of the procedure and perhaps to sidestep the potential side effects, she decided to put together a meditation board of funny...
by Jocosa Wade | Sep 30, 2020 | Creativity, Inspiration, whores of negativity, Writers life
One of the basic tools for Julia Cameron’s the Artist’s Way 12-week program is the Artist Date. A block of time, perhaps two hours weekly, especially set aside and committed to nurturing your creative consciousness, your inner artist. In its most primary form, the...
by Jocosa Wade | Sep 24, 2020 | Inspiration, Writers life
My neighbor and I barely see each other. We literally can’t see each other because her house sits on the hill behind mine and is obscured by the forest between us. Acres of land surround all the houses in the area where I live. About once a month we wave from our...
by Jocosa Wade | Sep 15, 2020 | Creativity, Inspiration, Revision, Snow Queen, Writers life, Writing tools
The Hours opens with Virginia Woolf’s most famous line. Mrs. Dalloway said she would buy the flowers herself. Woolf, played by Nicole Kidman, scratches out those words via fountain pen and the story of Mrs. Dalloway appears to flow without effort from there. Of...
