“It’s easy to attack and destroy an act of creation. It’s a lot more difficult to perform one.” –Chuck Palahniuk I did it! I finished the rough draft of my novel. It’s been a long two years, mostly because I didn’t do a plot outline. I just picked up a novel I’d started about fourteenContinue reading “I Did It!”
Category Archives: Words
Be Bold
“Don’t bend; don’t water it down; don’t try to make it logical; don’t edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.” – Franz Kafka “Freedom lies in being bold.” – Robert Frost These are two new favorite quotes of mine. When I read the quote by Kafka, IContinue reading “Be Bold”
Our Collective Ego
“Some changes look negative on the surface but you will soon realize that space is being created in your life for something new to emerge.” – Eckhart Tolle “Words are things. You can put some words together and make people want to go to war. Put together another few words and make them long forContinue reading “Our Collective Ego”
Let’s Talk, and Listen
“Whether clear or garbled, tumultuous or silent, deliberate or fatally inadvertent, communication is the ground of meeting… It is, in short, the essential human connection.” – Ashley Montagu and Floyd Matson “Talk and change the world.” – Slogan espoused by a group of U.S. Senators who happened to be female. (as reported in Communication WorksContinue reading “Let’s Talk, and Listen”
Why I write
I firmly believe that all human beings have access to extraordinary energies and powers. Judging from accounts of mystical experience, heightened creativity, or exceptional performance by athletes and artists, we harbor a greater life than we know. – Jean Houston This week, I’ve been thinking about why I write. I write to change myself. IContinue reading “Why I write”
Sage Woman Chronicles 