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 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...
by Jocosa Wade | Aug 27, 2020 | Books, Inspiration, Revision, Writers life, Writing tools
I’m writing this on August 26, 2020— the second anniversary of Neil Simon’s passing. In case you’re unaware, he was one of the most brilliant comedy writers in the theatre. Some directors say, his plays guarantee laughs every two minutes. With the right actors in the...
by Jocosa Wade | Aug 20, 2020 | Inspiration, Revision, Writers life
“Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives.” Since 1965— fifty-five years and counting— those words have introduced one of the remaining dramas on daytime television. All the other soap operas have changed their openings with more contemporary...
