Author Archives: Lisa

Wife. Mother. Shoe connoisseur. Wannabe chef. Consultant. Blogger. Writer. Loves pie, a lot.

Surviving a Bear Attack

Thanks for all the comments and questions lately. It’s been exciting to see all the traffic on the site. It’s been almost a year since I posted. A YEAR! Snap, that’s a long time. I thought I owed something in the way of an explanation. So here goes. I hate bears. No, that’s putting to …

March 24, 2012 – 6:23 pm | By Lisa | Posted in Courage, Fear and Motivation | Comments (0)

Spring is in the air.

Confession – I struggle to describe setting. I know, shameful. But for some reason setting is hard for me. I can create a pretty dynamic world in my mind, but it’s challenging to translate that onto the page. It always feels flatter to me in black and white. In a lot of ways setting is …

April 1, 2011 – 4:37 pm | By Lisa | Posted in Practice, Story Elements | Tagged , , | Comments (7)

Research matters.

Interesting comments lately. Thanks for posting your ideas. When I started this I had some hopes of being able to respond to comments, but the reality of my life is not supporting that possibility, so instead I’m hoping that sometimes I can use the comments to inspire a new post. So here goes… My current …

March 30, 2011 – 5:14 pm | By Lisa | Posted in Research | Comments (2)

Identifying Topics – Brainstorm

“They” say write what you know. I agree with them. There’s a lot less research if you can start with something you know. There’s good stuff in my brain, but it feels trapped in there, so I have to coax it out. For me brainstorming is one of the best way to do that. Want …

March 16, 2011 – 8:48 pm | By Lisa | Posted in Practice | Tagged | Comments (9)

Spammers of the world beware…

Dear spammers, I’ve been getting your comments and I have a question. Do icky spam comments on random blogs generate a lot of revenue for the adult film industry? If they do then I applaud your strategy, as you are remarkably persistent. If they don’t then I recommend, with all seriousness, that you get a …

March 16, 2011 – 8:05 pm | By Lisa | Posted in Practice | Comments (3)