April showers bring May…poems? Maybe! I get our gut reaction when we hear ‘poem’ might be resistance, reluctance, and, honestly, downright boredom. BUT. Did you know there is scientific evidence that reading even one poem daily can make your life richer, deeper, and more meaningful? It’s true! You can follow that rabbit right here - … Continue reading April Showers Bring May Poems
For those of you who follow my blog, you are amazing and wonderful. I’ve got some fun new insights for us all this year, so sit down, get buckled, and put down your coffee. You’re going to spill it. Angela’s Favorite New Tech 💚💻: Squibler’s Random Writing Prompt Generator: Have you heard of this? You write … Continue reading Angela’s Favorite Tech for Creatives
I recently attended my very first in-person writers conference. You guys I was so excited. I want to say it was worth the money but I just can't this time. I think the organizers did a great job, and the volunteers were amazing. And, I get it, we're in a living, breathing economy and people … Continue reading The Writers Conference Come Down
I stood behind my little table rearranging the Phoenix statue, OCD lining up my books, and just in general feeling awkward and out of place. In this post-COVID era, I think I have forgotten how to human. How do I do this interaction thing with people I don't know, or haven't seen in years? And … Continue reading Staying Awkward, Kind, and Brave
Life is busy. We have bills to pay. Wouldn’t it be great if we could infuse our daily lives with shots of creativity? Wouldn’t that be amazing? It IS possible and the best news ever is that it pays to start slow and build on good habits you are already doing. Before we get Started: … Continue reading Five Ways to Build Creativity into your Daily Life
"Many paths lead to the same destination; it doesn't matter how you get there." I'm sitting here feeling shame because although I have been busy writing blogs for other people and working on my next novel (I just finished the messy first draft - VICTORY DANCE!) I realized I haven't written a blog post in … Continue reading Writers Never Quit
A few years ago my daughter was about three years old and I was home with my second, a bouncing (literally) baby boy. Life couldn't have been better. I had everything I wanted. A loyal husband, enough money to pay the bills, and now two beautiful, healthy babies. What more did I need? Besides sleep … Continue reading Three Ways to Ease Back into the Writing Life
"Writing is a craft, and storytelling is an art, and together they form this nebulous interstice where it's just clowns juggling medium-sized cats and those cats are juggling little cat-sized chainsaws and the whole place is on fire and did I mention the "place" is actually a blimp and it's drifting swiftly toward a flickering … Continue reading It’s A Writer’s Life for Me!
Rumi tells us there is 'a light seed grain inside. You fill it with yourself, or it dies.' This is the writing life in a nutshell. You may do it for the dream of helping someone, for the dream of being someone's favorite author. You may do it for the money (nothing wrong with this … Continue reading How to be a Writer
I mean, is there any better feeling? I've got some useful websites for beginner writers and an online writing conference to share details about. Just found this awesome app called the Hemmingway app: and it does exactly what you think it does - highlight text that is clunky or wordy or too confusing. Where has … Continue reading Being Useful
Angela McAffee-Yeh 