Problems naming things
Hello everyone! Today, over on Story Empire, Craig Boyack has an interesting and fun post on naming things … Hi Gang, Craig here today with a little confession to make. I hate naming things. This can be almost any …
Tag: Teach Yourself
Basic Plots: Quest
Hello everyone! Happy Monday. Today, author Staci Troilo brings you a great post on plotting. Check it out over on Story Empire … Ciao, SEers. Today we’re going to discuss our fifth of the Seven Basic Plots as defined by …
When You Hit a Brick Wall
What do you do when you hit a brick wall? Check out what author Joan Hall has to say over on Story Empire today! 🙂 Hi SE Readers! Joan here today to talk about the dreaded “writer’s block.” Okay, some …
How To: From Word to Book
Hello everyone! Happy Monday. Today, you’ll find me over on Story Empire, talking about how to format your Word document to best convert your manuscript into a book for print and ebook. Well worth a look … Hello SErs! Harmony …
Basic Plots: Voyage and Return
Hello everyone! Happy Wednesday. Today, over on Story Empire, author Staci Troilo brings us another great post on the seven basic plots. Entertaining and Informative, it’s definitely worth checking out … Ciao, SEers. I’m back again today with one of …
Abracadabra: Transforming Your Book
Hi everyone! Today, over on Story Empire, I talk about easy ebook formatting. Go check it out 🙂 … Hello SErs! Harmony here 🙂 Happy Wednesday. Today, due to popular demand, I’d like to outline an easy way to …
Get the Most Out of Dictation With These Tips
For any writers who’ve thought about saving time writing by dictating, this is the post for you! 🙂 Hello to all the story Empire readers. I hope everyone had a good Memorial day weekend. For those of us not …
Basic Plots: Rebirth
A great post from Staci Troilo over on Story Empire today about ‘Rebirth’ as one of the seven basic plots … Happy Spring! Despite what the groundhog said, yesterday marked the end of winter. On the calendar, anyway. With the …
Throwing Darts Blindfolded & Author Considerations
A thought-provoking post on the various publishing routes available to authors by P.H. Solomon over on Story Empire … Making choices self-publishing choices can feel like throwing darts blindfolded. With all the changes to publishing in the last decade or …
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New Book Release! Jewel in the Mud
Hi everyone! Today, I have launched my newest book, Jewel in the Mud (Zen Musings). It is available for pre-order on Amazon now, and will be released in Kindle and Paperback on January 19th. I am so excited about this …
Monday Musings Forty-eight: Hearing No Words
Hearing no Words Children have a knack for hearing what we don’t say. They rely little on our actual utterances. In the same way, people might hear our words, but for sure, they will feel our attitude. So, …
Monday Musings Forty-seven: The Thief in the Night
Thief in the Night This may seem obvious, but many kinds of stealing exist that we might not even think about, not just the common ones such as money or property, but also time, peace of mind, hope, trust, …
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Monday Musings Forty-six: An Eye For An Eye
An Eye For An Eye In the current climate of world troubles and terror attacks, it seems apt to say a few words on revenge and attempting to control others. Violence is never the answer. As the Buddha …
Welcome #Author Traci Sanders & Living-Write-Life
Hi, everyone, & welcome to Harmony’s place today. It gives me great pleasure to welcome author Traci Sanders, who is celebrating the launch of her latest series: WRITE IT WRITE! Volume I – Before You Publish – Tips on grammar, writing, …
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Monday Musings Forty-five: Square Peg
Square Peg For each of us, there comes a time in life when we need to let go of the unnecessary drama. For each of us, there comes a moment when we see how we’ve bent ourselves into a …
Monday Musings Forty-four: Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice Two kinds of pride exist. One has positive connotations while the other takes on a more negative aspect. The first pride both comes from and reinforces selflessness. Based on a person’s achievements and qualities, it reflects …
Monday Musings Forty-three: Dark Intent
Dark Intent ‘A Truth that’s told with bad intent Beats all the Lies you can invent.’ William Blake (Auguries of Innocence) While researching for a magazine article I wrote recently, I came across the above poem by William Blake. …
Monday Musings Forty-two: The Curve that Sets Everything Straight
The Curve that Sets Everything Straight It’s so important to smile. What we do with our face has a direct effect on what our bodies do with us. The chemicals and emotions with which they fill us. A smile …
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Monday Musings Forty-one: Gatekeepers
Gatekeepers We’ve all heard the saying, ‘Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.’ How true or not this proves, comes down to the listener. It might surprise you to hear that it has …
Monday Musings Forty: Too Tired
Too Tired Hello, everyone. With today’s post going up a little late because I just couldn’t get to it, I thought how apt it would be to write about the tricks our brains and bodies can play on us. …
Monday Musings Thirty-nine: The Blame Game
The Blame Game From early childhood, we receive conditioning that teaches us to look to others to see how we’re doing. To gauge how good or bad a person we are. While this has its place and uses, we …
Monday Musings Thirty-eight: Two Loves
Two Loves Today being right before Valentine’s Day, I wanted to talk a bit about love. In my experience, two kinds of love exist: selfish love and selfless love. The selfish kind grasps and demands and tries to force …
Monday Musings Thirty-seven: No Regrets
No Regrets How many times in your life have you done or said something that you regret? On the flip side, how many times have you regretted avoiding needed action or speech? Even the bad days have something to …
Monday Musings Thirty-six: Shut up. Just … shut up
Shut up. Just … shut up. Often, when going through a tough time, all we need is to talk it out. To share with someone. What we don’t need—much of the time—is advice, and certainly not judgement. The …
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Monday Musings Thirty-five: The Tangled Webs We Weave
The Tangled Webs We Weave Quite often, we are our own worst enemy and harshest critic, especially when things go wrong. To add insult to injury, it would be a rare thing for us to judge others in the …
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Monday Musings Thirty-four: Be the First
Be the First Any spiritual practice worth its salt will advise us to choose the path of humility. Why, then, have I entitled today’s musing ‘Be the First’? It is more than possible to take the lead without taking …
Monday Musings Thirty-three: Remember Me
Remember Me How many times have you read somewhere that it’s good to give? Good to listen. Good to trust. While I wouldn’t go against any of that, I would put in a ‘but’. I would insert a cautionary …
Monday Musings Twenty-nine: Your Life Purpose
Your Life Purpose Have you ever found yourself wondering what it’s all about? Asking why you’re alive? What your purpose is? Well, the good news is that you’re far from alone. Most of us have found ourselves in this exact …
Monday Musings Part Twenty-five: Boomerang
Boomerang Most of us desire a happy, smooth existence, right? Some of us, of course, chase the thrill, but even that is on our terms. We might go and climb Everest or swim the English channel in deepest, darkest, iciest …
Monday Musings Part Twenty-four: One Step
One Step In our previous Musings, we have looked at many topics. What they all come down to is letting go and moving on from a place of acceptance and stillness. A place of not putting ourselves (our conditioning) …