Writing In Wonderland: Spring Writing

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Monday, March 13, 2023

Happy St. Patrick's Day

March 17 is the traditional day to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. If you're interested in participating, but not quite sure how, check out this article I shared a couple of years ago: Irish Classics, Prompts, and Party Tips.

Feeling Lucky? Check out the post about where I and a few other writers get their inspiration: https://iwsganthologies.blogspot.com/2022/03/feeling-lucky.html

Some additional educational and fun holiday ideas include:

Streaming Irish jigs and songs.
Watching traditional Irish dance on YouTube or chrome cast to your TV.
Adding green food dye to your short bread cookie recipes.
Sewing or gluing crazy Green Irish hats, ties or belts using felt, ribbons, or fabrics.
Cooking Irish Stew, scones and clotted cream or butter from scratch or from cans.
Telling Irish fables about leprechauns, rainbows, pots of gold, or gnomes.
Reminding your children about the “kiss of the blarney” and the folkloric tradition known today as “the gift of the gab”.
Research the real St. Patrick.

How about you? Are you celebrating St. Patrick's Day? How are you spending this time?

Monday, March 14, 2022

St. Patrick's Day

Feeling Lucky? Check out the post about where I and a few other writers get their inspiration: https://iwsganthologies.blogspot.com/2022/03/feeling-lucky.html

Some additional educational and fun holiday ideas include:

Streaming Irish jigs and songs.
Watching traditional Irish dance on YouTube or chrome cast to your TV.
Adding green food dye to your short bread cookie recipes.
Sewing or gluing crazy Green Irish hats, ties or belts using felt, ribbons, or fabrics.
Cooking Irish Stew, scones and clotted cream or butter from scratch or from cans.
Telling Irish fables about leprechauns, rainbows, pots of gold, or gnomes.
Reminding your children about the “kiss of the blarney” and the folkloric tradition known today as “the gift of the gab”.
Research the real St. Patrick.

How about you? Are you celebrating St. Patrick's Day? How are you spending this time?

Tuesday, March 16, 2021

Happy St. Patrick's Day and Spring Break

If you're not sure how to celebrate, check out this article I shared a couple of years ago: Irish Classics, Prompts, and Party Tips

How about you? Are you celebrating Spring Break, or St. Patrick's Day? How are you spending this time?

Wednesday, May 2, 2018

IWSG: Spring Inspiration

It’s time for another group posting of the Insecure Writer’s Support Group! founded by Alex J. Cavanaugh. Time to release our fears to the world – or offer encouragement to those who are feeling neurotic. If you’d like to join us, click on the tab above and sign up. We post the first Wednesday of every month. Your words might be the encouragement someone needs. You can also join us on twitter using the hashtag #IWSG, or on the Facebook page.

Now, IWSG hosts have changed up the format in an effort to make it more fun and interactive.Every month, they will announce a question that members can answer in their IWSG Day post. These questions may prompt you to share advice, insight, a personal experience or story. Include your answer to the question in your IWSG post or let it inspire your post if you are struggling with something to say.

Don’t forget to visit others that day to see their answers. Want to join, or learn more? Visit our - Sign-up List.

MAY QUESTION: It's spring! Does this season inspire you to write more than others, or not?

MY ANSWER: Yes, and no. I have SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder) so the fact that we are finally getting more sunshine is a huge boost to my energy level, and subsequently my motivation to write. However, I also have seasonal allergies so I spend a lot of this time of year itchy, sneezy, and somewhat miserable. At times, the severity of my reaction to mother nature has sent me to bed heavily drugged, dizzy, and extremely ill. So, while I thrive on the return of sunnier days and beautiful blooms, sinus issues can often interfere with productivity.

How about you? Does Spring inspire you to create more frequently?

Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Spring Writers and Readers

This is the time of year when work picks up for me. I have many projects under way at once, and I'm enjoying the flow. However, it means I have to cut back on some of my more social endeavors.

So, in an effort to keep this brief, I wanted to mention a new blog I learned about at the conference last week.

The Ruby Slippered Sisterhood may have been created from the 2009 RWA Golden Heart Finalists, but it's open to and helpful to any genre. I urge you to check it out.