A Writer’s Mind

Writers are weird people. I can say this because I'm one. I also must add, I like weird. Each of us has a unique creative process. One of my favorite writing processes is to use found words. I'm going to walk you through how it works for me. Start with a random book from your … Continue reading A Writer’s Mind

Found Words

Flip open a book (Lord of the Rings today), and find 3-4 four words. Make a sentence using the words. Repeat. blameless, bane, answer. The bane of the blameless is the answer whispered behind hands. farewell, discover, foreknowledge, rattled. She was rattled by the foreknowledge of her farewell and hoped her brother would not also … Continue reading Found Words

Feats

My channel to the singing mountain had been unfriendly, but I had pursued the sculptured moraine and had found it exhilarating. I had proved to the grand cliffs in their blue storms that their snowy doom could not touch me. I admire the narrow rills as they shimmer and cascade and fall down a cataract. … Continue reading Feats