Do you have a bucket list? I remember the first time I created one. I was 27 years old, recently divorced after almost seven years of marriage, and living on my own in a third-story apartment that overlooked a lake. I had zero furniture, a coffee pot I bought at Goodwill, and a car I accidentally…
Tag: journaling
Writing Playlist for Steamy Scenes
Sometimes love scenes are difficult to write. Your mind might be thinking about what to make for dinner, or what to do about that weird sound the car is making, or if tomorrow is trash day. It’s not always easy to focus on how to describe two characters falling in love, or lust, as the…
Who cares what other people think?
For weeks I’ve been driving past this field of sunflowers on my way to #dundeeoregon. The first time I passed it, I knew right away I wanted to photograph it. The setting just seemed so perfectly framed against the hills, and the sunflowers…well, how can you dislike the beauty of a flower that just looks…
Stranger Things
I guess I have always wanted to write. When I was in fifth grade, I remember longing for the time when my English teacher would finally assign an essay. At that time, the only thing I knew about essays was that it required a lot of writing, and most people hated them. Me? I couldn’t…