http://creativewriting.today.com Writing for the sheer joy of writing Wed, 08 Apr 2009 04:56:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Are you a responsible writer?  I’m in the process of learning a valuable lesson.  I sort of screwed up and it may have cost me a client.  Here’s the scoop.  With the influx of people contacting me for writing assignments, I accidentally misplaced one of the emails and totally forgot ... http://creativewriting.today.com/2009/04/07/being-a-responsible-writer/ Holy Cow!!! It's April and I haven't posted anything new here. Guess I need to fix that. I do apologize for not posting anything new around here, but I've been very busy which is a good thing. I think I mentioned a few posts ago, about ... http://creativewriting.today.com/2009/04/06/the-life-of-a-writer/ I've always heard the terms, "...so strange it had to be real". Though I did know what that meant, I really didn't think anything had ever happened to me that could be put in that category. Then it dawned on me that there are things going on around ... http://creativewriting.today.com/2009/03/25/detailing-the-weather/ I have something to admit to the world. I am a Thesaurus junkie. I've known this for some time now, but was never able to admit it openly. Thanks to my friend Nannette , I can now come clean. Nannette is also a self-proclaimed Thesaurus junkie, ... http://creativewriting.today.com/2009/03/19/i-am-a-thesaurus-junkie/ As I’ve said many times before, I don’t particularly believe in the term “writer’s block”.  If you’re a writer, you can always find something to write about.  I was sitting here tonight, thinking of what to write about when I realized that I have a ton of ideas sitting just ... http://creativewriting.today.com/2009/03/11/new-inspirations-from-old-ideas/ I’m always looking for weird ways of getting my creative juices flowing.  Being someone who loves to write short stories, mainly for myself, I try to come up with little tricks that will give me a whole new scenario to work with.  One of my tricks consists of picking out ... http://creativewriting.today.com/2009/03/09/creative-ideas-from-basic-items/ No, this post isn’t about something I’ve personally written and had published.  This post is about how to get your name out to the world, without having to spend thousands of dollars in advertising costs.  One of the biggest challenges that new writers come across, especially online, is how to ... http://creativewriting.today.com/2009/03/01/shameless-self-promotion/ First of all, I wanted to let everyone who tried to leave a comment the past couple of days, but found a notice that they had to sign up in order to do so, that this option has been removed. It was a minor glitch, and it has been ... http://creativewriting.today.com/2009/02/26/using-your-own-experiences/ I know you’ve heard a lot of people talk about writer’s block, and I’ve probably discussed it here more than once.  The thing is that there are millions of things that can kill writer’s block, it all comes down to finding that one thing that will spark a creative ember.  ... http://creativewriting.today.com/2009/02/23/tricks-to-beat-writers-block/ I’ve written about fighting to get the words to come out, and I’ve written about getting the words to slow down long enough for you to put them to paper.  I love writing.  It’s more than just something I do, it’s what I am.  I’ve also written about my adventures ... http://creativewriting.today.com/2009/02/19/living-up-to-the-hype/