Welcome to Take Ten Thursday at Where the Butterflies Go! Thanks for dropping in. Your writing prompt today is this photo, taken at our local winter festival. Snow taffy and later, in Spring, 'sugaring off' or going to the 'sugar shack' is part of the culture around here. If it's not something you're familiar with …
Take Ten Thursday Writing Prompt
Today I'd like to start something with you readers called Take Ten Thursday. Ten sit ups? Ten Coffees? You can do those things too, sure, but I'm encouraging you to spend JUST TEN MINUTES today on writing. It can be poetry. It can be prose. It can be the start of a novel. It can …
Do Not Think…Just Write.
Do not 'Think' you have a book inside of you. Go from 'Think' to 'Do!' by scribbling or typing some of it down -at least 1,000 words of it- without editing it as you go. Do it today. Do not tear up what you've done, or allow yourself to listen to the voices telling you …
Keep On Going Until You Are Stopped
Hey! Here's a 2-minute clip from my speech at Queen's University's Ban Righ Centre, which supports Continuing Education for Women. The topic of my speech was Leap! Living with Passion, Persistence & Poetry. It was a real treat to be invited to Queen's to speak, and I'm looking forward to returning there early March 2013 …
A Quick Dance with Author Heather Grace Stewart
Thanks very much to Author Nate Hendley for doing this interview with me about writing, motivation, and Carry On Dancing! Check it out on his wonderful blog Motivate to Create: A Quick Dance with Author Heather Grace Stewart.
Heather Grace Stewart 