Are You a Business Bridezilla?

Written by Karen D. Swim There is a television show that follows around cake throwing, profanity spouting, possessed by Satan would be brides and films the train wreck for American audiences to watch on television. It is appropriately titled Bridezillas. I have watched only bits and pieces, two minutes in and I am so appalled [...]

Writing 911

Written by Karen D. Swim Writing can be a fickle craft. Some days it feels magical with words coming easily and others it feels flat and lifeless. Today, I have a guest post at Confident Writing which provides a few tips that will help you breathe new life into your writing.  Please drop by and [...]

Down the Rabbit Hole and into the Archives

Written by Karen D. Swim Yesterday, I went digging through my writing file. Not the nicely polished, edited pieces file, nope. The file. The electronic brain dump with snippets of poorly written dialogue and half baked story ideas.  Some were so awful that I blushed with embarrassment as I quickly closed the file. Others were [...]

Breath of Life

Written by Karen D. Swim Questions, doubts, more questions. Fragments of ideas that seemed just out of reach. Growing tired from the introspection, I stepped out into the nighttime air and breathed deeply of the cool air. I felt my flesh respond to the chill. Instead of grabbing a jacket, I gulped the air deeper [...]

Let’s Connect – Maybe

Image by simonech via Flickr Written by Karen D. Swim The invitation arrived in a velvet box tied with silk ribbon. Inside the box atop dupont silk was the quirky greeting inviting me to join the party. Excited to meet new friends, I dressed in my best party clothes and showed up on time. I [...]