The Write Spot Blog by Marlene Cullen

Tag: Festive Spirit Blog Hop

  • Homonyms – Just for fun. Prompt #213

    Homonyms (also called homophones) are words that sound like one another but have different meanings. Some homonyms are spelled the same, like bark (the sound a dog makes) and bark (the outer layer of a tree trunk). Enchanted Learning

    Freewrites mean writing freely. You are free to write whatever you want.

    Use any or all of the following words in a freewrite:

    Flower – Flour                    Beach – Beech                    Bough – Bow

    Fur – Fir                              Morning – Mourning            Birth – Berth

    Red – Read                          Time – Thyme                    Eye – Aye

    New – Gnu                           You – Ewe                           You’ll – Yule

    If ewe are knew too freewwrites oar kneed eh refresher . . .

    If you are new to freewrites or need a refresher:

    Freewrites . . . What Do You Call Them?

    What is a freewrite and what is a writing prompt?

    Lose Control and Just Write

    Writing Is Like Excavating

    Festival of Spirits Blog Hop,mistletoeIf yule cast yer aye on the Festive Spirit Blog Hop ewe mite read sum thing gnu and interesting!

     

  • Missed my deadline

    Missing a deadline . . . Not a good thing, right? One might agonize about missing a deadline to the point of being incapacitated.

    Sandy Baker 180Not my author friend, Sandy Baker.

    Sandy recently sent an email with updates about all her books. She had high hopes of Adventures Of The Hotel Sisters being published in time for Christmas presents. When that didn’t happen, she simply said, “Missed my deadline! Hotel Sisters is going to be late–always good for a New Year’s, after-the-holidays late gift!”

    I love her easy-breezy attitude. It’s good to know what you can and what you can’t do . . . What you have control over and what you have no or little control over.

    And if you make a mistake, take ownership. You don’t have to be dramatic nor overly explanatory, just a simple statement of facts. I missed my deadline.

    And then get on with the show. Do what needs to be done.

    I think anyone who knows Sandy is lucky. She is warm, kind and a bighearted person, generously giving of her time and energy with answers to questions about writing and gardening. She is a master gardener and a versatile author.

    Sandy was interviewed by Mikala Kennan, videography by Gary Carnivale for the Writer Speak program.

    Discover Sandy’s thoughts in this video about writing, illustrators, gardening, victory gardens and more. Learn the difference between a series of books and a circle . . . Which one do you think Sandy’s gardening books are?

    MistletoeJust in time for the new year. . .  hop on board the Festive Spirit Blog Hop and discover authors and bloggers in a variety of genres.