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MY BLOG
Have you ever started over? Like maybe you were making cookies and you added two teaspoons of baking powder instead of baking soda, and there was no way to dig that out the bowl. So you had to start over.
Or maybe you were painting. And the paint on the wall was sure different from the paint color you thought you bought. And you had to start over.
I have had to start over more than once, and I think this is the third iteration of my blog. If you’re interested in some of my earlier posts as a blogger, you can browse around in Bits and Pieces, Meditations, or Tiny House. Those earlier posts are organized by category.
But I am starting over here – new thoughts, new adventures, and new stories. After all, I have never been in this exact place in life before, so I invite you to look over my shoulder, read my diary/blog and see if you can relate to any of my thoughts.
Have you been to the library lately?
https://electricliterature.com/poetry-six-by-elisa-gabbert/#.pjkv3pvkx Or bought the New York Times Carol Brennan King May 20, 2024 I want to build on the premise we were exploring last week that to be a good writer, you need to be a reader. And not just a reader in your genre, but someone who reads broadly. You need to read what…Read more Have you been to the library lately?
Hello Again! May 13, 2024
I say sadly because if you ever hear him read his work, you wish he would not stop reading when he ends the ones he chose to share just then.
Creative and Memoir Writing
OK, I’m no spring chicken, but as I told someone, I just love continuing to learn. That’s what drove me into Nadia Colburn’s online classroom four years ago to take her free poetry class. Oh My Word. I loved it, and I have taken nearly every class she has offered since.
Memoir and Creative Writing
September 30, 2023 Carol Brennan King Did you ever finish a project but not know what to do next? Well, that has been me this last month. I finished the book I have been working on for several years, submitted it to a couple of places, and to be honest, I felt a bit discouraged.…Read more Memoir and Creative Writing
Creative and Memoir Writing
As I stood there for the first time, at my great-great-grandmother’s grave, tears filled my eyes. I made a promise to her that brilliant fall day: I will tell your story with as much realism and honesty as I can.
No writing lessons here: just a bit of the feels from a recent walk: October 24, 2022
by Carol Brennan King Poem 2 in a series Can you feel it? the rumble of the black steel monster gulping clean air exhaling fire and sparks air too hot to breathe. Can you feel it? the air shimmering in hot waves burning your face as it passes by this thing, that shakes the earth…Read more No writing lessons here: just a bit of the feels from a recent walk: October 24, 2022
Don’t Waste Your Time
“We need to be thinking seriously about moving,” floated into the air like static on the phone during a storm. Does that help you understand how I felt about the idea? I confess my first thought was, “I hate moving.” My second thought was, “It is sooooo much work.” Don’t leave now. It is going to get better.
Choosing Discernment over Fear
o. Don’t be afraid of the Bible. Or any other book with new ideas or words. Read closely, with discernment. Look the words up. See how those words are used and what they mean. Don’t be afraid of what you might find out. Be freed to discover the truth of God’s love story.
Creative Writing and Memoir Class March 16, 2022
You must build tension. Things must happen to and involving your key characters that put them at risk. The longer you can make that tension last or build new reasons for tension, the more un-put-downable will your story be.
Carol's Notes 