It has come to my attention tonight, after much restlessness about myself and my goals, that the next topic to be discussed in this course on creativity should be the fine art of dreaming.  Not the kind of dreaming you do in your sleep, although that too is important, and we shall discuss it later.  No, the kind of dreaming I am referring to is the ( Read more... )

Plot:
A young musician, Frieda (Bridget Fonda), is in a troubled marriage when she moves from her beloved Toronto to a small house near Savannah.  Her neighbor is a coocoo old lady (Jessica Tandy) who claims to be the great Camilla, violinist, whom no one has ever actually heard of.   Frieda's husband is an artist and gets a deal to create and ( Read more... )

Exhaustion, in a word. The last time I felt like this I was in Marine Corps boot camp on Parris Island doing the last three days of my training - The Crucible. Actually, that's a bit dramatic. At least I'm not running around (except for the seven hours at work) night and day while feeling it. I suppose that was easier in a way. I didn't have to ( Read more... )

Now that it has been officially two weeks since I've gave up those lovely vice sticks I so miss, I've decided to limit my Cold Turkey entries to once a week until I've reached eight weeks, once a month until I've reached a year, and once I've reached a year...who knows.  What I do know is that I still really want a cigarette.  I feel some form of ( Read more... )

Plot:
Lady Sarah Ashley is on her way from her posh home in England to her husband in the Outback.  She's suspicious that he is raising more than cattle and is bound to take him back home.  When she arrives, she finds him dead.  Struck more by surprise than grief, she finds herself in the company of the most unlikely lot of people who will help ( Read more... )

As we reach the middle of day eleven, I have to say today hasn't been as hard I thought it would be.  Today is my first of two days off from work since I've started getting my irrational mood swings.  I've done a couple of things to keep my mind occupied, and it has work (for the most part).  I'm still spending a LOT of time thinking about my old ( Read more... )

It serves me right; I tempted the fates; I got what I deserved - what I asked for.  The past two days I've felt cravings hardcore.  Some people I've talked to have told me that the second week can be a lot harder than the first when quitting smoking.  I scoffed.  I thought that it would get easier as time moved on.  Hah, what a laugh.

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Plot:
Stephanie Plum, bounty huntress extraordinaire is at it again in the fourteenth installment of Evanovich's (seemingly) never-ending series.  This time: Stephanie is landed with a sixteen year old named Zook, Ranger wants her help doing security for "Brenda" (who is musical star which combines the worst qualities of Bette Midler, Cher, and ( Read more... )

So, today is officially day seven.  It's been a week.  Since my last post, I've only had one puff, and that was DIRECTLY after the post.  I find, if I have the temptation around, I am more apt to give in (the same being true for my other vices as well).  So, I did the hardest thing ANY smoker could do.  I took the remainder of my pack of cigarettes ( Read more... )

Since developing writers have first began asking the established ones how they do it, writers have been telling each other that journal writing is key to the success of the creative writer.  There is one great and scary thing the internet as brought us - the blog.  The blog, as most of you know, is an online journal of sorts.  It can be used for ( Read more... )