Here’s wishing you all a Happy Thanksgiving. Go ahead and write a prayer of gratitude if you care.
There’s not going to be a lot of time, I fear, for most (especially myself) for writing in the next few days. But do try to slip some time in. I’m making it my escape. Uncle Morty is driving you nuts? Offer him the best seat (recliner) in the house and the remote, excuse yourself and let them know you have to get your daily word count in and you’ll be back in a flash. Then you can go and write a scene where a character based off of your annoying in-law gets arrested, injured, wins the lottery and moves away….you decide. It’s really cathartic and I highly recommend it.
Your tasks this week are to:
1) Journal daily
2) Plan two hours away and alone this week for an artist’s date
3) Read something you find inspiring
4) Look for synchronicity.
I’ll hopefully have kicked this virus du cette semaine and be able to attend the Write-In Your Pajamas session on Friday morning. At the Black Dog. Snoqualmie. 9:30 a.m.
“But words are things, and a small drop of ink,
Falling, like dew upon a thought, produces
That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.” ~ Lord Byron
Yes, it’s true, Fifty Shades of Gray is up for a UK book award. Crazy sauce. Everything I’ve seen from most everyone in the group (provided I’ve seen your work) is that you all write better than that. So get cracking, and get that work out the door. It does no one any good, it’s no honor to your hard work of telling the story, if it sits on your computer or holed up in a shoe box in the closet.
So let’s keep working on getting good habits as writers. That’s one good thing that NaNoWriMo is good for — teaching you what it takes to finish something, how to schedule writing into your life, and allowing you the permission to do it.
Another good thing is doing this work through The Artist’s Way, both as a group and alone. We are finishing up Week Eight. Hopefully you’ve incorporated morning pages, artist’s dates and inspirational reading into your life. Also, inspirational reading — as I discussed with someone on Monday, does not mean that it has to be spiritual. I get inspiration from other novels, from non-fiction work, even blog posts. You decide what inspires you. OK? Good!
Here’s the Tasks for this week:
(from page 148-149 of The Artist’s Way)
6. Ideal Day: Plan a perfect day in your life as it is now constituted, using the information gleaned from above (for your reference, that is last week’s exercises)
7. Ideal Ideal Day: Plan a perfect day in your life as you wish it were constituted. There are no restrictions. Allow yourself to be and have whatever your heart desires. Your ideal environment, job, home, circle of friends, intimate relationship, stature in your art form – your wildest dreams.
8. Choose one festive aspect from your ideal day. Allow yourself to live it. You may not be able to move to Rome yet, but in a still-grungy apartment you can enjoy a homemade cappuccino and a croissant.
Check-In:
1. How many days this week did you do your morning pages? (Have you been very tempted to abandon them?) How was the experience for you?
2. Did you do your artist date this week? (Have you been allowing workoholism or other commitments to saboatage this practice?) What did you do? How did it feel?
3. Did you experience any synchronicity this week? What was it?
4. Were there any other issues this week that you consider significant for your recovery? Describe them.
I ask that in the check-in part, you comment on our SnoValley Writes! Blog part. That’s another task this week. Find three blogs — including SnoValley Writes! (so you really only have to find 2) and comment on them. They don’t have to be writing-centered, but do comment and send the writer of that blog a little virtual love.
“But words are things, and a small drop of ink,
Falling, like dew upon a thought, produces
That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.” ~ Lord Byron
The good writing weather has appeared. If you’re doing NaNoWriMo great. If you’re not, but still writing, great. The important thing is that you’re making writing goals and working towards them.
Regular bi-monthly workshop session this Sunday (Nov. 11th — Happy Veterans’ Day!), 3 p.m. at the North Bend Library Meeting Room. Please let me know if a) you plan to attend; b) if you want a regular workshop or a chance to just write. I have a lesson plan, but will go with the group’s desires for this months. So, respond to this email with your attendance intent and what you’d like to happen in our session. Thank you.
We’re still working on the Recovering a Sense of Strength from Week 8 in The Artist’s Way. Here’s this week’s tasks (continued form last Wednesday): (Suggestion…you can use these exercises to add to your word count…)
2. New Child hood: What might you have been if you’d had perfect nurturing? Write a page of this fantasy childhood. What were you given? Can you re-parent yourself in that direction now?
3. Color Schemes: Pick a color and write a quick few sentences describing yourself in the first person. (“I am silver, high-tech and ethereal the color of dreams and accomplishment the color of half-light and in between, I feel serene.” Or “I am read, I am passion, sunset, anger, blood, wine and roses, armies, murder, lust, and apples.” What is your favorite color? What do you have that is that color? What about an entire room? This is your life and your house.
4. List five things you are not allowed to do: kill your boss, scream in church, go outside naked make a scene, quit your job. Now do that thing on paper. Write it, draw it, paint it, act it out, collage it. Now put some music on and dance it.
5. Style Search: List twenty things you like to do (perhaps the same twenty you listed before, perhaps not.) Answer these questions for each item: a) does it cost money or is it free; b) expensive or cheap; c) alone or with somebody; d) job related; e) physical risk; f) fast-paced or slow; g) mind, body, or spiritual?
We will continue this section of exercises next week. Continue to journal — remember, it’s important because if you can’t tell yourself your own story (what you are doing when you journal) you won’t be able to tell anyone else’s (fiction or otherwise), continue to treat yourself to artist’s dates, continue to get some inspirational reading time.
Now your moment of Writing Zen:
“I cannot expect even my own art to provide all the answers — only to hope it keeps asking the right questions.” ~ Grace Hartigan
“But words are things, and a small drop of ink,
Falling, like dew upon a thought, produces
That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.” ~ Lord Byron
A happy full (blood) moon, Halloween, Samhain, or Fall Festival…to all of you. I’ll be giving out spooky books to those trick or treaters who venture into the quiet environs that is my neighborhood.
While they are busy grabbing loot from the community, I’ll be working on trying to figure out what the heck my NaNoWriMo is going to be. Likely, it looks, as if I’m going to be a bit of a rebel and continue working on what I’ve been working on. It’s one of the reasons this will be my last NaNoWriMo as M/L, certainly, and even, perhaps, as a participant, for the foreseeable future. I bascially live NaNoWriMo every month, ever week, every day now. But I believe that NaNo is one of the reasons I’m here today. It is a worthy endeavor and teaches you so much about your own personal writing life. So, if any of you have been thinking of taking the NaNoWriMo M/L reins, 2013 is your year. However, this year, I’ll be happy to give it my all and make it a great experience for all — including myself.
Kick Off Party is at The Black Dog, 6 p.m. tomorrow (Nov. 1 – All Saints Day). Arriving in sugar-skull costume is optional, but always appreciated and enjoyed. (I’m kidding…but if you want to, I’d love it!) This is more of a meet-n-greet event; however, writing is more than allowed. The Black Dog has free wi-fi, so if anyone still needs help getting signed up — we’ll be there to assist you. I did all the Swag Bags and raffle gifts yesterday. Very exciting. Hope to see many of you there.
Also, I’ve been asked by The Office of Letters and Light to not call our Nov. 16th dealio the Night of Writing Dangerously, as they want the big dealio in San Francisco to be the only thing called that… So, I’m taking suggestions on creative things to call it. Then I need to post that in the forums.
Alright, let’s get to our tasks as far as The Artist’s Way is concerned. If you didn’t come to the workshop on Sunday, you missed some great exercises, tips and tricks to get you thinking like a total professional writer. But you also missed some great exercises, prompts and the like to recover that creative self. But no time like the present to get back into it…
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Like I said, we’re in week 8 and were’s working Recovering a Sense of Strength. (I know I’m going to need strength to get through November — it’s a busy month for me regardless of NaNo.)
So here’s your Task:
1.Goal Search: You may find the following exercise difficult. Allow yourself to do it anyway. If multiple dreams occur to you, do the exercise for each one of them. The simple act of imagining a dream in concrete detail helps us to bring it into reality. Think of your goal search as preliminary architect’s drawing for the life you would wish to have.
The Steps
a. Name your dream. That’s right. Write it down. “In a perfect world, I would secretly love to be a _____________.”
b. Name one concrete goal that signals to you its accomplishment. On your emotional compass, this goal signifies true north. (Note: tow people may want to be an actress. they share that dream. For one, an article in People magazine is the concrete goal. To her, glamour is the emotional center for her dream; glamour is true north. For the second actress, the concrete goal is a good review in a Broadway play. To her, repsect as a creative artist is the emotional center of her dream; respect is true north. Actress one might be happy as a soap star. Actress two would need stage work to fulfill her dream. On the surface, both seem to desire the same thing.)
c. In a perfect world, where would you like to be in five years in relation to your dream and true north?
d. In the world we inabit now, what action can you take, this year, to move you closer?
e. What action can you take this month? This week? This day? Right now?
f. List your dreams (for example, to be a famous film director). List its true north (respect and higher consciousness, mass communication). Select a role model (Walt Disney, Ron Howard, Michael Powell). Make an action plan.Five years. Three years. One year. One month. One week. Now. Choose an action. (Reading this book is an action.)
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And now your moment of Writing Zen:
“Your desire is your prayer. Picture the fulfillment of your desire now and feel its reality and you will experience the joy of the answered prayer.” ~ Dr. Joseph Murphy
Welcome back the sun! And welcome back to another weekly prompt that hopefully inspires you to make writing a priority in your life.
If you missed our workshop, you missed us talking about character development and the three-beat arc for our characters. We also worked on personal archaeology as part of our creative recovery and working through The Artist’s Way. We’re almost done with Week 7 and if all goes as planned, we’ll be done by the end of the year.
We have 10 tasks to work on this week. Some of them take moments, others will require you to focus. This is about taking care of your inner artist child. Not doing so is paramount to self abuse. Such language sounds harsh, but it is absolutely true. This is now the third time I’ve gone through this book and I learn something new each time. It always makes me a better artist, writer and person. Treat yourself. Do these tasks:
1. Make this phrase a mantra: Treating myself like a precious object will make me strong. Watercolor or crayon or calligraph this phrase (I would suggest needlepoint or crocheting or glass art or any other expression that fits your style). Post it where you will see it daily. We tend to think being hard on ourselves will make us strong. But it is cherishing ourselves that gives us strength. But it is cherishing ourselves that gives us strength. (I put my money where my typing is on this today — I went and got my first professional haircut in years today. It really does bolster your spirit. Treat yourself well.)
2. Give yourself time out to listen to one side of an album, just for joy. You may want to doodle as you listen, allowing yourself to draw the shapes, emotions, thoughts you hear in the music. Notice how just twenty minutes can refresh you. Learn to take these mini-artist dates to break stress and allow insight. (I did this today with a mix CD my brother sent me. Two things became clear — a new scene for my WIP and an idea for an art project. Very worth the time investment.)
3. Take yourself into a sacred space — a church, synagogue, library, a grove of trees — and allow yourself to savor the silence and healing solitude. Each of us has a personal idea of what sacred space is. For me, a large clock store or a great aquarium store can engender a sense of timeless wonder. Experiment.
4. Create one wonderful smell in your house — with soup, incense, fir branches, candles — whatever. (I do this daily with candles during meditation, and I cook just about every day for my family and it does warm the hearth, as they say, to come into the home and smell something stewing in the crock pot or on the stove.)
5. Wear your favorite item of clothing for no special occasion.
6. Buy yourself one wonderful pari of socks, one wonderful pair of gloves — one wonderfully comforting self-loving something. (May I suggest you stop in to Selah Gifts, Shelley carries the most wonderfully comforting self-loving socks. Tell her I sent you!~)
7. Collage: Collect a stack of at least ten magazines (don’t have any? check out the thrift store or the library — they sell old magazines uber cheap. you could even make an artist date out of gathering a stack that has beautiful-to-you images in them), which you will allow yourself to freely dismember. Setting a twenty-minute time limit for yourself, tear (literally) through the magazines, collecting any images that reflect your life or interests. Think of the collage as a form of pictorial autobiography. Include your past, present, future, and your dreams. It is okay to include images you simply like. Keep pulling until you have a good stack of images (at least 20). Now take a sheet of newspaper, a stapler, or some tape or glue, and arrange your images in a way that pleases you. (This is one of my students’ favorite exercises.)
8. Quickly list five favorite films. Do you see any common denominators among them? Are they romances, adventures, period pieces, political dramas, family epics, thrillers? Do you see traces of your cinematic themes in your collage?
9. Name your favorite topics to read about: comparative religion, movies, ESP, physics, rags-to-riches, betrayal, love triangles, scientific breakthroughs, sports…Are these topics in your collage?
10. Give your collage a place of honor. Even a secret place of honor is all right — in your closet, in a drawer, anywhere that is yours. You may want to do a new one every few months, or collage more thoroughly a dream you are trying to accomplish.
Okay, writers, get to work. Get your tasks done. Take care of yourself, treat yourself precious and take some time for these fun mini-artist dates and explorations. You’ll be grateful you did.
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The Night of Writing Dangerously, Mini Writing Retreat/Nano event is on. We have a block of rooms saved at the top of Fall City Roadhouse. If you want a room, you need to contact Vicky Bastedo (her email is on the To: line here) and she will let you know what you need to do to get your room. We anticipate that the six rooms available (three double occupancy — in case a couple of you want to go in half-sies) will go quickly. It’s for the night of Nov. 16th — a Friday. We’ll be there at the Roadhouse beginning at 3 p.m. and will have the banquet room upstairs until 10 p.m. and then you may retire to your room to wrestle your noveling demons alone, with a roommate or even rest. We’ll have breakfast in the morning and then checkout. There may be an evening event planned later, but that announcement is forthcoming.
Don’t forget our NaNo kick off event is Nov. 1 at The Black Dog in Snoqualmie. The duck-worthy fun starts at 6 p.m. Special NaNo-Rhino Guests will be there to help us Charge Ahead! with our writing goals.
I am your M/L for the event and I am HeroProtagonist on the NaNoWriMo.org site. Get signed up. Come friend me and we’ll novel our way to artistic bliss. 😀
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And now your moment of Writing Zen:
“When you start a painting, it is somewhat outside you. At the conclusion, you seem to move inside the painting.” ~Fernando Botero.
“But words are things, and a small drop of ink,
Falling, like dew upon a thought, produces
That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.” ~ Lord Byron
Brr! I don’t want to turn on the fireplace yet; but, it’s cold today. But at least its going to be dry for a few more days. Then the rains move in.
Speaking of rains, when the weather turns this way, it’s so much easier to get into the swing of the writing thing. It’s going to rain, you may as well write. And November is the perfect month for it, because it’s National Novel Writing Month! Once again, SnoValley Writes! will be leading the charge and getting everyone excited and involved and making the month not only productive, but fun!
Kick Off: Will be on the evening of November 1. It will inspire those that feel stuck and allow those who have already charged ahead to come out. There will be prizes, giveaways, No Plot, No Problem discussion, and connecting with your other WriMos. I will have details hopefully after today. But it will be the evening of Nov. 1 — so be sure to stay tuned.
To also put on your NaNoWriMo calendar is the evening of Nov. 17th — our regions Night of Writing Dangerously. This event will also provide a mini writing retreat. So stay tuned for details for that as well. I’ll be posting this information via the NaNoWriMo.org site, so be sure you get signed up and registered and home yourself with the Snoqualmie Valley region. I’ll be at the Black Dog on Friday for those who need help with the technical aspects of signing up. Or at our Workshop Session on Sunday.
This Sunday is our regular Workshop Session. Please RSVP if you plan on attending. We will start the session with exchanging some work for feedback. Bring a short story, one chapter of a novel, up to five pages of poems, or up to 10 pages of a screenplay for review by other members. Then we’ll dive into our exercises and other creative pursuits. Bring pen/notebook or your lappie. We’ll be working. That’s why it’s called a Workshop. 😀
There is a board meeting for SnoValley Writes! tonight at the Sawdust Cafe at 5:30 p.m. for anyone who is wanting to be involved further in the group.
Okay, enough with the housekeeping and announcements. Here’s your prompt….which you may proceed to if you’ve done your morning pages and had your artist’s date in the last week. Oh, you haven’t? Nor have you done any inspirational reading? tsk-tsk. Go do those. When you’ve finished those, you may proceed to the other tasks.
Which I’ll give the group on Sunday. North Bend Library. 3 p.m. Be there.
And now your moment of Writing Zen:
“You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better.” ~Anne Lamont
“But words are things, and a small drop of ink,
Falling, like dew upon a thought, produces
That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.” ~ Lord Byron
If you’re feeling like your artistic life is just one battle after another. Fear not, we’re all waging a war. Remember, the artist today reflects the child who survived. Don’t give up. Keep doing everything that is necessary each day, and then what is possible and soon you’re doing the impossible and fulfilling your dreams (with props to St. Francis).
Today’s tasks continue with The Artist’s Way and Week 7: Recovering A Sense of Connection.
This entry will help us deal with jealousy and how it impedes our creative recovery and life.
From page 123 of Cameron’s book:
Jealousy. I’ve often hear, is a normal human emotion. Wen I hear that, I think, “Maybe your jealousy — not mine.”
My jealousy roars in the head, tightens the chest, massages my stomach lining with a cold fist as it searches out the best grip. I have long regarded jealousy as my greatest weakness. only recently have I seen it for the tough-love friend that it is.
Jealousy is a map. Each of our jealousy maps differs. Each of us will probably be surprised by some of the things we discover on our own. I, for example, have never been eaten alive with resentment over the success of women novelists. But I took an unhealthy interest in the fortunes and misfortunes of women playwrights. I was their harshest critic, until I wrote my first play.
With that action, my jealousy vanished, replaced by a feeling of camaraderie. My jealousy had actually been a mask for my fear of doing something I really wanted to do but was not yet brave enough to take aciton toward.
Jealousy is always a mask for fear: fear that we aren’t able to get what we want; frustration that somebody else seems to be getting what is rightfully ours even if we are too frightened to reach for it. At its root, jealousy is a stingy emotion. It doesn’t allow for the abundance and multiplicity of the universe. Jealousy tells us there is room for only one — one poet, one painter, one whatever you dream of being.
The truth, revealed by action in the direction of our dreams, is that there is room for all of us. But jealousy produces tunnel vision. It narrows our ability to see things in perspective. It strips us of our ability to see other otpions. The biggest lie that jealousy tells us is that we have no choice but to be jealous. Perversely, jealousy strips us of our will to act when action holds the key to our freedom.
THE JEALOUSY MAP, AN EXERCISE
Your jealousy map will have three columns. In the first column, name those whom you are jealous of. Next to each name write why. Be as specific and accurate as you can. In the third column, list one action you can take to move toward creative risk and out of jealousy. When jealousy bites, like a snakebite it requires an immediate antidote. On paper, make your jealousy map.
WHO
WHY
ACTION-ANTIDOTE
My sister Libby
She has a real art studio
Fix spare room
My friend Ed
Writes good crime novels
Try writing one
Anne Sexton
Famous poet
Publish my long-hoarded poems
Even the biggest changes begin with small ones. Green is the color of jealousy, but it is also the color of hope. When you learn to harness its fierce energy on your own behalf, jealousy is part of the fuel toward a greener and more verdant future.
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And now your moment of Writing Zen:
“I don’t have a lot of respect for talent. Talent is genetic. It’s what you do with it that counts.” ~Martin Ritt
“But words are things, and a small drop of ink,
Falling, like dew upon a thought, produces
That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.” ~ Lord Byron
However, first the check in: 1) Morning pages? Check? 2) Artist Date? Check? 3) Inspirational Reading? Check?
Also…re-reading the basics and the artist’s prayer once a week through next Sunday (those who came to the workshop know what’s this about; for those who didn’t attend, check out the other half of Week Six in THE ARTIST’S WAY.).
This week is focused on recovering a sense of connection. We turn this week to the practice of right attitudes for creativity. The emphasis is on your receptive as well as active skills. The essays, exercises, and tasks aim at excavating areas of gtenuine creative interest as you connect with your personal dreams.
We’re going to focus on listening. On letting go of perfectionism. On taking risks.
Once we are willing to accept that anything worth doing might even be worth doing badly, our options widen.
Take a sheet of paper and answer this question: IF I DIDN’T HAVE TO DO IT PERFECTLY, I WOULD TRY:
List at least 20 things.
Have you done it? Go do it. We’ll wait.
Now go try one of those 20 things.
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And now your moment of Writing Zen:
“Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss it you will land among the stars.” ~Les Brown
“But words are things, and a small drop of ink,
Falling, like dew upon a thought, produces
That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.” ~ Lord Byron
No, no, I won’t put you through an entire prompt of pirate talk. Although, I know a few of you would like that.
However, I will say, if you’re not doing your morning pages, I ought to have you all swab the decks or throw you in the cabin with the captain’s daughter….
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Sunday is our first workshop back after out Summer Sabbatical. We’re at the North Bend Library Meeting Room, 3 p.m. Please RSVP if you will attend. Also, if there’s some burning question/topic you want to discuss, please let me know today, so I can work it into the lesson plan. Bring a notebook & pen or your laptop. If you have things to brag about writing-wise, be sure to be prepared to share!
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So today we continue with our working together on The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron.
I will give you five of the 10 tasks she has planned out for you in this chapter six.
1. Natural Abundance: Find five pretty or interesting rocks. I enjoy this exercise particularly because rocks can be carried in pockets, fingered in business meetings. They can be small, constant reminders of our creative consciousness.
2. Natural Abundance: Pick five flowers or leaves. You may want to press these between wax papaer and save them in a book. If you did this in kindergarten, that’s fine. Some of the best creative play is done there. Let yourself do it again.
3. Clearing: Throw out or giveaway five ratty pieces of clothing (my note: if they’re ratty — toss them, don’t donate them; if they are gently worn, then definitely donate them!)
4. Creation: Bake something. (If you have a sugar problem, make a fruit salad) Creativity does not have to always involve capital-A art. Very often, the act of cooking something can help you cook something up in another creative mode. When I am stymied as a writer, I make soups and pies.
5. Communication: Send postcards to five friends. This is not a goody-two-shoes exercise. Send to people you would love to hear from.
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And now for your moment of Writing Zen:
“As an artist, it is central to be unsatisfied! This isn’t greed, though it might be appetite.” ~Lawrence Calcagno
“But words are things, and a small drop of ink,
Falling, like dew upon a thought, produces
That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.” ~ Lord Byron
Oh, Fall is most certainly in the air. I hope my tomatoes survive the cooler nights. I’m hoping they vine ripen, but ….who knows what tomorrow will bring.
Hopefully it brings things like regular morning pages (just finally got mine done), artist’s dates, and inspirational reading. Are you doing yours? What has been your experience?
We have moved on to Week Six in The Artist’s Way. RECOVERING A SENSE OF ABUNDANCE
This week you tackle a major creative block — money. You are asked to really look at your own ideas around {insert your spiritual belief system here}, money, and creative abundance. The essays will explore ways in which your attitudes limit abundance and luxury in your current life. You will be introduced to counting, a block-busting tool for clarity and right use of funds. This week may feel volatile.
I agree when I’ve gone through this in the past (yes, yes, it’s good to review it), this week has been the hardest for me. That just tells me its the most necessary.
If you do have a copy of The Artist’s Way, please read pages 105 to 112. It will most certainly count as your inspirational reading.
Cameron posted this little poem in the midst of those pages that seems to get at the heart of this part of recovering a sense of abundance.
God likes art
That’s the part
My parents would ignore.
God likes art,
And I make art.
That’s what God likes me for!
Now it’s time for an exercise in counting.
For the next week you will be discovering how you spend your money. Buy a small pocket notepad and write down every nickle you spend. It doesn’t matter what it is for, how tiny the purchase, how petty the amount. Petty cash is still cash.
Each day, date a page and count — what you bought, what you spent, where your money went, whether it was for groceries, lunch in a diner, a cab ride, subway or bus fares, or a loan to your brother. Be meticulous. Be thorough. And be nonjudgmental. This is an exercise in self observation — not self-flagellation.
You may want to continue this practice for a full month or longer. It will teach you what you value in terms of your spending. Often our spending differs from our real values. We fritter away cash on things we don’t’ cherish and deny ourselves those things we do. For many of us, counting is a necessary prelude to learning creative luxury.
Money Madness, an Exercise
Complete the following phrases.
1. People with money are
2. Money makes people
3. I’d have more money if
4. My dad thought money was
5. My mom always thought money would
6. In my family, money caused
7. Money equals
8. If I had money, I’d
9. If I could afford it, I’d
10. If I had some money, I’d
11. I’m afraid that if I had money I would
12. Money is
13. Money causes
14. Having money is not
15. In order to have more money, I’d need to
16. When I have money, I usually
17. I think money
18. If I weren’t so cheap I’d
19. People think money
20. Being broke tells me
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And now your moment of Writing Zen:
“True life is lived when tiny changes occur”. ~Leo Tolstoy.
“But words are things, and a small drop of ink,
Falling, like dew upon a thought, produces
That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.” ~ Lord Byron
