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Showing posts with label Inspiration. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Inspiration. Show all posts

Friday, September 27, 2019

Power to Encourage

"It does not matter how slowly you go, as long as you do not stop." --Confucius by Joanne Rock I don’t c...

Thursday, September 27, 2018

The Power of Play

by Joanne Rock I came across some interesting research notes this past summer. Now, don’t yawn yet. I know the word “research” ...

Thursday, March 08, 2018

Inspiring images — Kandy Shepherd

Back in the day, I used to prepare a scrapbook style story board for each of my stories. They would be filled with cuttings from magaz...

Tuesday, February 27, 2018

All Fun and Games

by Joanne Rock **I wrote this blog post six years ago, and the words are never truer! I hope you don't mind me sharing an archi...

Saturday, January 27, 2018

The Gifts of Ursula Le Guin

by Joanne Rock Ursula Le Guin passed away this week, and it got me thinking about her wonderful books, and her thoughts about writing. ...

Monday, November 27, 2017

Favorite Books of Childhood

by Joanne Rock My bookshelf from childhood-- with my hamster I’ve started Christmas shopping this week and that means hitting the book...

Friday, October 27, 2017

The Wheel of My Year- The Writing Life

by Joanne Rock Hello from sunny Florida... I’m at the end of a long book contract right now and it’s interesting how different my writ...

Thursday, April 27, 2017

Writer's Secret Joy: Research

by Joanne Rock One of the real joys of writing is the research. Sometimes it can slow us down when we need to check and recheck munda...

Monday, March 27, 2017

What's for Dinner?

by Joanne Rock Available now! When I was writing historical romance, I was frequently frustrated by the lack of texts handed down ...

Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Well, Look at The Bright Side ...!

by Michelle Monkou I've thought about that phrase -- well, look at the bright side ... and how it started to become ingrained in my...

Friday, October 14, 2016

Christina Hollis—You Can Do It If You Really Try...

Whenever I’m asked to talk about my work, someone in the audience always says: ‘I wish I could write a book…’ There’s only one answe...

Saturday, August 27, 2016

Your Giant Saturday Activity Book

By Joanne Rock I am staring out at a rainy day today after being lost in a good book most of the day ( The Good Girl by Mary Kubica). It ...

Tuesday, February 02, 2016

Susan Sands: All the Things We Haven't Tried

I'm scheduled to speak at a women's service league meeting next month in the town where I've lived for the past twenty or so yea...

Saturday, October 11, 2014

Fun in the Sun

by Anna Campbell The writing life tends to be fairly solitary most of the time (which is actually one of its appeals for me). It's y...

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