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Poem: A Holiday Card

A HOLIDAY CARD By Cassie Newell To send a holiday card with wished blessings,      makes me recoil at my own deft greetings. For we fail to talk as often as before,      that I hope you don’t resend it...

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Internet Artists

Reblogged from Cristian Mihai: I believe that right now there are more artists on this Planet, more writers choosing to self-publish or just posting their stories on blogs, more painters selling prints...

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Smell the Rose and Annual Review

I started to notice many ‘rewinds’ and ‘year in reviews’ of 2012 already on the television and internet.  So it must be the end of the year and time for annual reviews and time to smell the preverbal...

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Act Like You’ve Been Here Before

As a new writer, I get that inner critic talking trash in my head.  Those inner critics are evil little demons whether its writing, management or sports.  I read a great book, Turning Pro by Steven...

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Reverse Leadership – Good or Bad Concept?

Remember the days when your parents, spouse or friend would expertly have you accomplish something that you felt was your very own? Until it dawned on you like Homer Simpson ‘Doh’ that you were the...

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A Creative Writing Musical Jam Routine

The 55th Grammy awards were held yesterday.  I got caught up in the award show due to the music performances and seeing some of …

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Dear Sexy Awesome You

It was one year ago, when I had a conversation with my sister when she suggested I start blogging.  I don’t remember the conversation …

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You Faker – kinda, it’s a Pseudonym

As a writer have you considered using a “pen name” or “nom de plume” it’s a pseudonym.  It’s the fancy way of using a …

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More Than a Paycheck

I came across an article this week that really spoke to me (see the link below).  In summary it’s about your work being more …

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Story Time – Tips Appreciated

I’m sharing a short short story with you.  It was a product of a writing course I took and it’s one of my favorites. …

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Poem: Could you

Could You By Cassie Newell Could you love somebody like that Someone who treats you with beautiful lies Looking into their mis-matched eyes Face …

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Courage Damn It!

Have you ever started a project with great excitement and passion only to go head first into the activities to pull back and debate …

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Excuses Excuses Excuses…

I’ve been working on writing my 1st novel and with all my good intentions it hasn’t been so easy. There is the pressure that …

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More Money At Work By Good Writing

I found this interesting article about the importance of good writing, course it didn’t hurt that it said it could earn me more money. …

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A Bad Fu€king Word Called Laziness

It’s been awhile since I wrote blog.  I guess you could say I’ve been a little busy with the summer.  Although when a I …

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Smart Phones Making Us Dumb

I am noticing a shift in management to bring the tech part of work back to the people. Some of the more experienced staff …

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The Art of Southern Sweet Tea Ya’All

Summer is coming to a close and that’s my favorite, Sweet Tea on a hot summer day.  Southern Sweet Tea is an art, the main …

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NANO You, NANO Me, 1 Month in Counting!

In just a few short weeks it will be the start of National Novel Writing Month (NANO).  Are you ready? I’m there.  I am …

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My Top 5 Fiction Books Read in 2013

The Goodreads book challenge for 2013 commitment I made was 25 books. I read not only for my pleasure but for my education while …

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5 Things Readers Want from Novelists on Social Media

Great post, I’m pressing out to my writer friends, Enjoy! Merry Christmas! 5 Things Readers Want from Novelists on Social Media.Filed under: Writing-Books Tagged: …

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