Empowerment Category
Thestrals for Muggles
Posted on April 21, 2016 Leave a Comment
Remember when Harry Potter could now see the otherwise-invisible Thestrals pulling the horseless Hogwarts carriages? He had no idea that such a thing existed. It was only after a heavy life-changing experience that he was able to see these huge critters. We, too, have heavy life-changing milestones available to us. When we’re outside of the experience, […]
Everyday Creative Writing
Posted on September 9, 2015 Leave a Comment
I was listening to a Hay House Radio show the other day, an archive of a Nancy Levin broadcast. The lovely caller expressed that although she was a business writer, she wished to start writing creative pieces. I think many of us can identify with that. I encourage us as writers to explore this thought […]
A Cloak of Awesomeness
Posted on November 11, 2014 3 Comments
When I’m overwhelmed, stressed, and threatened, I put on my Cloak of Awesomeness and flow through. In it I stand taller, smile wider, and am able to continue moving forward. Surrounded by an epidemic of apathy? Infiltrated by crabby colleagues? Attacked by social honey badgers? Bathed in my Cloak of Awesomeness I sail through situations unscathed, the malefaction repelled and my […]
Flash Fiction Fun
Posted on June 24, 2014 Leave a Comment
This is me playing with fiction. I wrote this as a class assignment, in response to the writing prompt “Kill the Dog,” exercise 71 on page 181 of What If? Writing Exercises for Fiction Writers. I haven’t attempted fiction before, and I highly recommend this book for companionship in that. The King Is Dead The […]
Gonna be late, Mom–car on fire.
Posted on May 2, 2014 7 Comments
My husband and I were dozing in bed with our phones on the nightstands, only half-asleep until our high school sons returned home safely. It’s common (and expected!) practice in our home to keep in touch by texting: they send a heads-up before they leave for home, we appreciate the respect, and they get to […]