Branching out with my writing
Had fun with this one…that poor Love for Our Elders recipient. Hoping they take it in the vein in which it was intended. (Whatever that means.)
So, yes, I really do hope the recipient has a sense of either humor (or at least compassion), as here is a portion of the stationery’s flip side…
Time to get going on my letters for the MLL folks.
Click here if you’re interested in contributing your words to Love For Our Elders. And possibly undoing my literary misadventures…
This is the first in a series of three notes I wrote late last week.
The other two are in the ‘queue’. That is the weirdest word to type, I swear. It never feels right.
I’ll also be posting a ‘video-tour’ of this month’s letter requests from More Love Letters.
Click here if you’re interested in contributing your words to Love For Our Elders. And possibly undoing my literary misadventures…
This is the third in a series of three notes I wrote on a recent afternoon.
This one was probably even more fun than the previous two.
Again, the quote was a perfect launching site for some aging-related revelry. Granted, maybe I’m unsettling the poor recipient (“What if this whack-job knows where I live?”), but hey!–those are the risks of ‘publishing’, right? Besides, I’m generally harmless. (Just keep your distance at coffee-and-scone time.)
Click here if you’re interested in contributing your words to Love For Our Elders. And possibly undoing my literary misadventures…
This is the second in a series of three notes I wrote on a recent afternoon.
In my previous post, I noted that organization can be just so helpful for writers. I know what you’re thinking: Where else can you score such life-changing advice?
Anyway, this day calendar of quotes has been an invaluable springboard for themes to guide my notes. So, yes, for two straight days, it has remained glued to the laptop. Not literally…that would be ridiculous. And a mess..
As for being organized, here’s a nice set of tips from Bryan Collins on Write to Done…
The Zen of More Organized Writing: 5 Steps You Can Take Today
Click here if you’re interested in contributing your words to Love For Our Elders…
This is the first in a series of three notes I wrote yesterday.
Whether it’s goodwill words, a novel, or a non-fiction piece, it sure does help to have the tools of the trade out and easily available.
Seems obvious, but there is at least one writer–I wouldn’t dare name names (;-|–who continues to stumble around and scatter his notebooks and supporting materials [in this case, a calendar of quotes] around the house, making the act of writing way more of a chore than it has to be.
Seems he rose above his ineptitude yesterday and, with resources in one location, he happily produced three notes to elders. [A nearby hot meal added inspiration, as well.]
Click here if you’re interested in contributing your words to Love For Our Elders…
I’ve recently posted about writing being an act of faith.
In this case, I have faith that my notes to…
lift someone’s day.
For sure, they distract me from lots of other disquieting stuff happening out there in the world. [And they remind me that others are hurting so much out there.]
Plenty of writers are directing their thoughts and support to folks they know and some they don’t know, so my ‘project’ is nothing new or unique.
But it’s something that makes sense.
And…
Let me know if you want to join me. I have a raft of resources that will make the project doable.
First of all, these posts have nothing to do with giving myself props.
They have everything to do with encouraging others to find a little corner in their daily/weekly schedule and jot down/hunt-and-peck a thought or two for someone else’s benefit.
When I finished posting the note above on legacy.com, it hit me that some opportunities for goodwill writing can reach out and thunk us on the forehead. This was one of those times.
While Fred is reading it from ‘another place’, I hope it brings some comfort and a smile to his family. He was a special guy.
Nothing special, I realize, nothing earth-shaking or life-changing, but as writers, every time we put pen to paper, it’s an act of faith. In this case, I have faith that these simple items will improve a someone’s day, even just a little bit.
Plenty of writers are directing their thoughts and support to folks they know and some they don’t know, so my ‘project’ is nothing new or unique.
But it’s something that makes sense.
And…
Let me know if you want to join me. I have a raft of resources that will make the project doable.
I sent this one yesterday. I took out the word cloud and the greeting to provide a layer of privacy for the person, even though her story is featured on moreloveletters.com. I hope the words give special people like this recipient a little shot in the arm.
Nothing special, I realize, nothing earth-shaking or life-changing, but as writers, every time we put pen to paper, it’s an act of faith. In this case, I have faith that these simple items will improve a person’s day, even just a little bit.
Plenty of writers are directing their thoughts and support to folks they know and some they don’t know, so my ‘project’ is nothing new or unique.
But it’s something that makes sense.
And…
Let me know if you want to join me. I have a raft of resources that will make the project doable.
Here is a sample letter request from moreloveletters.com.
I welcome these needed reminders that others are struggling and my life is on cruise-control. It’s not always easy to come up with what I would consider ‘the right words’, but in those cases, I go with tact, sincerity, and the mantra of ‘better done than perfect’.
Plenty of writers are directing their thoughts and support to folks they know and some they don’t know, so my ‘project’ is nothing new or unique.
But it’s a project that makes sense.
And…
Let me know if you want to join me. I have a raft of resources that will make the project doable.
Nothing special, I realize, nothing earth-shaking or life-changing, but as writers, every time we put pen to paper, it’s an act of faith. In this case, I have faith that these simple items will improve a person’s day, even just a little bit.
Plenty of writers are directing their thoughts and support to folks they know and some they don’t know, so my ‘project’ is nothing new or unique.
But it’s something that makes sense.
And…
Let me know if you want to join me. I have a raft of resources that will make the project doable.
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