140 Characters from Darkness to Light

Image via Wikipedia Regret clings to my soul like cobwebs in a dusty attic. It seems that all that is left of me are memories of what was as hope drains from my heart leaving me empty and lifeless. With head bowed and shoulders intent on  greeting each other in sorrow, I sigh deeply and [...]

Bad Writing, Spinach and Mid Week Musings

Have you ever had an idea that was brilliant in your head but completely worthless once it left that comfy incubator between your ears? I heard something that inspired me and my brain cells began to fire as I mentally formulated a brilliant post.  I was excited and could barely wait to sit down and [...]

Novel Beginnings

Last November, I wrote my very first novel during National Novel Writing Month. I chronicled my adventures on the blog and did a happy dance on Thanksgiving Eve in the wee hours when I finished. I dutifully walked away  as experts advised and let it sit for the month of December.  In January, I thought [...]

Hot Sweet Cup of Possibility

Image by Creativity+ Timothy K Hamilton via Flickr Written by Karen D. Swim Possibilities, shades of maybe, bouncing prisms of what if. Nerve endings tingling as you wonder,  could this be the one? Blank page breathlessly waiting for ideas to caress. Fragments gently spill to fill the space, heart beats faster, mind and fingers rhythmically [...]

March of the Illiterati in E Flat

Written by Karen D.  Swim Two weeks ago, my Grandmother retired her old school TV Antenna for a digital converter box. If the FCC had not mandated that the US switch to digital on June 12th, my Gran would have kept using the rabbit ears. In the world of early adopters one might say my [...]