Building Great Sentences

What other way to end off April than delving into a book on Great Sentences? I picked up this Great Courses guidebook at the library, and I'll give you my brief notes on each chapter. Sentences make "propositions" -- ideas which we may agree or disagree with. Syntax (arrangment) and vocabulary (content) inform a sentence.…

YALLWEST Writer’s Conference: Review

As some of you know, YALLWEST transferred its writer conference to online, meaning that I got to participate on several talks on some interesting topics. For anyone who didn't attend, or wants to review, read these summaries!  Meeting #1. Modern Magic Worldbuilding  This was the first meeting I attended. My favorite part of it was…

dealing with stress and

Well, it appears I've cut off the other part. I'm not sure about you, but I'm going to be honest: lately, i've been going through extreme stress and anxiety. It happens like this. God blesses me! I've done something good! God's allowed it to become FAR more wonderful than I could dream of. As you…

strong

There is a girl who lives down the street and even though I have no reason to to love her, I do. I can't help loving her, even though I've no reason to love her. And it's the kind of love where you want to run and lift them up and spin around with them:…

does anyone else have this problem?

I sat down at my desk planning to write and schedule three blog articles! Yay! I also wanted to do a lesson of math today (wow, ambitious) and write for thirty minutes, and--! Maybe it's because I'm sick, but I'm having this issue. As soon as I sit down on, my attention is fractured into…