It’s two o’clock in the afternoon—time for General Hospital if this were Monday and I were at home. But no, it’s Sunday, and I’m at Wellspring Retreat House, staring out the window over my laptop at a bleak vista of leafless trees and ground carpeted by fallen leaves in shades of brown and red. I’m… [Read More]
Want to be a guest blogger for The Creative Crone? Here’s what you need to know
Autumn arrived at 4:02 PM today, and I’m kicking this website into high gear. Please read on. GUIDELINES FOR GUEST BLOGGERS If you’re a published author with thoughts to share about your creative process or the ways you’ve found to break through the blocks that keep you from writing, I invite you to contribute to… [Read More]
Block Busting in the merry month of May
It’s just over a month till my workshop at the East Greenbush Library on June 4th. Here’s the description I sent for their newsletter: BLOCK BUSTING: HOW TO BREAK THROUGH THE BARRIERS THAT KEEP YOU FROM WRITING Writer’s block afflicts every author sooner or later. If you’ve ever found yourself paralyzed, staring at an empty… [Read More]
Wanted: Guest Bloggers!
Calling all writers—how would you like to be a guest blogger on this site? And how would you like to host me on yours? Beginning Friday, April lst, I plan to start featuring fellow authors on a weekly basis. This spring I’ve vowed to ramp up my online presence so as to spread the… [Read More]
Jean Henry Mead’s blog becomes book
Today I’m delighted to welcome Jean Henry Mead, whose Mysterious People blog has given birth to a brand-new book with Poisoned Pen Press. *The Blog That Became a Book* *By Jean Henry Mead* When I first began interviewing mystery novelists for my blog site, Mysterious People, I had no idea they would wind… [Read More]
Blogging trumps poetry: I’m so much cooler online
Tonight I’ll be reading my poetry at the Albany Word Fest, an annual event that’s a virtual orgy of the spoken word. I thought I should come up with at least one new poem for the event, but instead I came up with a severe case of writer’s block. I managed to confront it in… [Read More]