"Always prepare for the unexpected" Well, well...here I am. I didn't expect that my National Novel Writing Month project would be T-boned by Covid-19...but such it is. I started feeling symptoms on October 27th but I thought it was just a cold/regular flu, because on Thursday the 29th I felt totally better! I even went… Continue reading The Writing Must Go On!
Author: cskinnaird
Writer, journalist, blogger, and editor.
Based in Florida. Loves travel and Eastern spirituality.
Writes novels, poetry, short fiction.
NaNo 2020 is around the corner! Are you ready??
It's almost time to start drafting our National Novel Writing Month novels in November 2020! How do you feel? I feel: ExcitedNervousUnder-prepared The NaNoWriMo website talks about types of writers: those who plan and outline ("Plotters"), those who don't ("Planners"), and those who are somewhere in-between ("Plansters"?).I am usually a plotter type, who does outlines… Continue reading NaNo 2020 is around the corner! Are you ready??
Writing Routine Inspiration
As NaNoWriMo 2020 creeps around the corner, a lot of us may be thinking of writing routines. Do we have one? Do we want one? I think we can all agree, we need one. Especially if we are going to get a rough draft novel done in a month! I don't know about you, but… Continue reading Writing Routine Inspiration
National Novel Writing Month 2020 is almost here!
Hello everyone, it's been a while! I am so exciting that NaNoWriMo 2020 is just around the corner! It is easy to get caught in the controversial and turbulent grip of 2020, with all its chaos - but don't let yourself be caught! Life is easier and better when we forget the craziness of 2020… Continue reading National Novel Writing Month 2020 is almost here!
“Still I Rise” by Maya Angelou, & Thoughts on 2020
Please note, the art in this post is by: David Lupton, for the Earthsea series. THOUGHTS ON 2020 Wow my friends, so much has happened since my last post...this year has been so brutal to so many, in so many ways...I am left without words, honestly. That is a little embarrassing for a writer to… Continue reading “Still I Rise” by Maya Angelou, & Thoughts on 2020
On the Edge – a poem
In these crazy times we live in, I had to try to express myself with poetry: I now reside on a needle tip every moment could be my fall dark clouds grasp me while red fires burnbillowing flamesBreath eludes me Love’s soft songdrains awayA moment more andI couldn’t have born it I walk the edge… Continue reading On the Edge – a poem
Just for a laugh – Writer memes!
You know you want the memes...
How I started writing poetry – “When I Am Asked” by Lisel Mueller
This is beautiful poem by Lisel Mueller that I just discovered. Since I, too, started diving into poetry while grieving, this really resonates with me:
2020 inspiration; writing historical fiction
FEELING INSPIRED IN 2020 Hello everyone, I hope your 2020 is going well. Recently, I've been feeling quite inspired. After a long time of struggle with my novel revision on my epic fantasy novel, (epic as in the genre, not tooting my own horn), I've finally got back in the game. Somehow, ideas have been… Continue reading 2020 inspiration; writing historical fiction
Wishes – A Poem
Missing you todayOn the day you passed awayWish you could have stayedEven a little bit more Wish you could have seenWho I might have beenWith you by my sideThrough wax ‘n waning tides Buffeted by the windThrough the thick and thinHow I would have grownWith your guidance shone But the growing’s not throughAs I try… Continue reading Wishes – A Poem
Typing Madly 