Drops of Blood

There’s a fellow who began a deceptively simple exercise of blogging just 40 words — his age at the time — every day for a year, beginning the x365 project. During the process, he captured candid impressions of people who mattered in his life.
I decided to do the same. The discipline of writing shorter when [...]

I’ve got a few writing tips that work for me. If you have others, would you please — pretty please — share them in the comments?
1. Get mental stimulation. This just means being around something other than the inside of your own head. It can be family, community, or people-watching at the mall or coffee [...]

Ever have trouble titling a piece? I struggle with them, but the titles always come. I’m not one who can write a title from the beginning, though; it has to come after I’ve struggled through writing something. Usually by then I’ve gotten to know the story inside and out and can find the right [...]