• Dreams - Writer Tips

    Quick Tip 7: Use Your Calling

    Tweet {photo credit} I used to write the way it felt to run against the wind or swim against the current. I wrote to please. I wrote to entertain (and I hope I still do, knock on wood). And I wrote to prove something. I wrote against what felt natural to me. And it was a struggle. But recently I used my calling to write. And when I did, my fingers worked like rapid fire on the keyboard and my words poured out from my heart. A few times, I wrote an entire story in one day and had a…

  • Freelance Writing

    What Love Songs Have to Do With Your Writing

    Tweet I’ve been enamored with Bruno Mars’s song Just the Way You Are Lately. I’m not a teenager, nor am I single and looking for love. But I’ve been hooked on the lyrics and can’t get it out of my head. To refresh your memory, here’s a video of the song that’s driving me crazy, in a good way. After humming the catchy tune, it started to hit me. I’m in love with the song because I feel like Bruno Mars is singing to me. It’s the same way I felt about James Blunt and Beautiful. Maybe we’re all a…