“Most of us have two lives. The life we live, and the unlived life within us. Between the two stands Resistance.” ― Steven Pressfield The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks & Win Your Inner Creative Battles A story of my last 6 months. The fear is always there, bubbling right under the surface, […]
Reflections on Spring
March 29, 2015 by
As I looked around the Palatial Horvath Estate this afternoon, I saw flowers starting to push their way through the ground and buds on the trees. The forsythia are taking on their yellow-green color, which means they’ll be blooming soon. Spring. It seems like the world’s been frozen and snow-covered forever. We had 10 inches of […]
What May Come
February 22, 2015 by
As we rejoin our story, we find Betsy and Harry, the white gerbil who is Betsy’s Guide on her Quest to become a successful independent author / publisher, lying on their backs in the field of waving wheat that spreads across a portion of Betsy’s brain. They are watching the sky overhead. As they watch, stars form and […]
Bawk! Business! Bawk!
February 8, 2015 by
Previously on Betsy’s blog… When last we left Betsy and her Muse, it seemed they were making progress towards the ultimate goal of Betsy’s Quest. Betsy had completed the first draft of her next book, and even took the time to evaluate her writing process in a relatively thoughtful manner. But something appears to have happened since last […]
Insights and Realizations
January 25, 2015 by
I hope you liked “The Story of a First Draft” (assuming you did read it) and didn’t find it to be too boring. I enjoyed writing it – even though I’d originally intended it to be one blog post and it ended up being three. Oh well. What I found most interesting about working through my writing process was […]
The Story Of A First Draft (Part Three)
January 18, 2015 by
Previously on Betsy’s Blog… In Part One of The Story of a First Draft, the Muse gave Betsy the beginning situation of her story and showed her a spotlight shining on the ending off in the distance in the darkness of Betsy’s brain. Together, the Muse and Betsy came up with a vision of the path […]
