I thought I would drop by for a moment and give you an excerpt of my novel I am working on. I am entering a scary part of the book, simply because I am not sure how my protagonist plans to handle it just yet. But this blurb right here makes me laugh every time.
She [...]

NaNoWriMo - 11 days and counting…
This morning I decided to do a little test to see how long it would take to get 1,500 words. I decided to get started on a series of books I have wanted to write for awhile. They are geared for children my daughter’s age - between 8-10yrs old. The [...]

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Cyndi, here is the more recent one….enjoy!
“Starting Anew”
All this time has gone by,
I’ve been waiting so long.
My miracle is near,
I’ve held on strong.
Through darkness and hard times,
I hoped I’d make it through.
When I felt lost and alone,
I was only waiting for you.
It’s finally here,
this dream I’ve waited for.
I feel like I’m floating,
and I only want [...]

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Golden Curls
March 13, 2001
Beautiful child, so very innocent,
With her golden hair and treasured curls.
The fairest face, the sweetest smile,
A diamond amongst all little girls.
Chubby hands, and sticky kisses,
Were treasured one and all,
Lipstick grins, and dimpled chins,
And crayon scribbles upon the wall.
The bluest eyes, you’ve ever seen,
Beneath those dark, long lashes.
Rosiest cheeks, and pinkest lips,
Dressed in [...]

It’s funny, now that I have had some time to really digest the poem my future step-daughter wrote for me. Recently, I guess about a week ago, we had a conversation about metaphors, which I was unsure if she understood. I tried my best to explain them to her.
The conversation stemmed from a song, that [...]

So, my “step” daughter is ten years old. And she loves writing, which is extremely cool to me, for very obvious reasons.
Over the course of the year we’ve all been together, she has showed me poems and stories and all sorts of things that she has written since she was about six. She writes a [...]

A Writing Excercise I’m Ready To Share. 
Although this happened a long time ago, and this was written about two years ago, I finally decided to share it. It was a writing assignment. We were asked to write about something that happened in our life that changed us, and was still painful. So here it is….
It [...]

I had to giggle today when I came across some things I wrote quite some time ago. It was a mixture of poetry writing, essay writing, short stories, and personal writing. (not all the same thing of course).
I kept asking who wrote this? And then, at the bottom of each piece, was my copyright and [...]

When someone asks you what you do, or what you are, what is your answer? For many, it’s easy to just say teacher, nurse, veterinarian, lawyer, etc.
But for freelance writer’s it’s different.
Why?
Because for myself personally, I am several things. I am a writer, I am an author, I am a journalist. I am a novelist, [...]

It is simple really. I am a freelance writer. Anyone who does this for a living, knows, understands, and can sympathize with how difficult it is to create a living doing something like freelance writing.
Since I was extremely young, I have written. Most writer’s have. You don’t just wake up one day and suddenly decide [...]