Short story by guest blogger Tricia Sutton The bluebird of happiness landed on my shoulder. A tree squirrel dropped a walnut in my outstretched hand. A harp played, and the trees parted for the heavenly ray of light to shine down upon him as he sat wild-eyed, feasting, mango juice dripping from his goatee. I…
Tag Archive: fear of writing
Writing and Trust
By Milli Thornton Do you remember the first time you connected with the joys of writing? For me, it was age 13 and a story assignment from our English teacher. I was burrowed into a warm and glorious cocoon, inhabiting a special, exciting world only I had the power to create. After I emerged, I…
Cheap Therapy
By Milli Thornton Sometimes, even when I’m completely eager to work on my current story, I have fear of starting a new writing session. There’s that fear I won’t know where to go next with my story. Or only slightly less intimidating (if I have an outline to work with), that I won’t know how…
Fear: It’s a Personal Thing
By George Angus I spend a lot of time on Twitter. I imagine it’s because of the type of folks I follow, but I see a lot of quotes tweeted that have to do with fear. Specifically a lot of these quotes have to do with conquering fear, having courage, blah, blah, blah. They don’t…
Acting. Writing. Creating.
Written by Ben Hopkin I’ve been acting since I was ten years old. It was a part of my growing up, an integral slice of who I was and how I saw myself. I lived for the smell of hot lights, stale costumes and pancake makeup. So much of my definition of myself was influenced…
Owning Your Fear
By George Angus I used to have this thing about ladders. Hated them. Oh, not the physical object so much, it was more the act of using the darned things. Climbing a ladder made me breathe fast and made my legs quiver. In short, I was afraid of heights. As far as I can remember,…
2011 Message from Fear of Writing
From Milli… From my Aquarius horoscope for 2011: All in all, 2011 is a favorable year, mostly about relationships and enhancing your skill sets. New experiences, dreams and ideas are all favored. This is the right time for you to spread your wings and fly high. By the end of the year, you’ll have a…
The Price of Dreams
By Marcus Hades Sometimes, in order to live your dreams, you may have to first live through your nightmares. When I was in school, I lacked even a tiny bit of the much hyped IQ when it came to language, especially English. I was a (much) below average student with (very) low grasping powers. I…
Saying It Out Loud
by Karen L. Hogan In 1976, I took an eight-week trip to Europe to prove I was more than a 27-year old divorced administrative assistant with an English degree. In Arles, I met and fell in love with a Canadian. He was going through a divorce; I was a few years down the road from…
The (not so fine) Art of Procrastination
By guest blogger Kenneth Hopkins So, I’ve been thinking about writing a piece on procrastination. Ironically, I’ve been thinking about it for a while, but I kept putting it off. No, I’m not trying to be funny, or offer some crazy kind of proof, but over time, I have perfected the art – yes the…
