http://pattistafford.com/blog Write What You Love, Love What You Write! Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:23:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I’m as open to change as the next person; in fact, I know that life is transient and the only thing that is permanent is change itself. But if there’s one thing I can never get used to or bring myself to use is what we now term “text lingo” ... http://pattistafford.com/blog/2010/03/where-has-language-as-we-knew-it-gone/ This blog is about the writer's passion, writing what you love and loving what you write—or it's supposed to be. Writing should also be fun. My passion is not to write about writing. I do enjoy it, but there are so many great blogs out there about writing—fiction, technique, freelance, style, ... http://pattistafford.com/blog/2010/02/the-law-of-attraction-in-action/ This is a rare Sunday post. I didn't set out to post today—well not really—but I found some great reads today that I thought worthy of sharing. Lake Lopez—actually, Lake found me, but I'm so glad he did. Be sure to check out all of his blog because he has some ... http://pattistafford.com/blog/2010/01/great-sunday-blog-reading/ You have the passion to be a writer or a daily blogger. It's there gnawing at you every moment of every day until you give in and start writing. If you're not writing, you're thinking about writing, you're jotting down ideas, you're thinking up great blog posts, new angles to ... http://pattistafford.com/blog/2010/01/when-passion-fails-you-scolding-the-muse/ This blog is about passion, not how great we are as writers. Being great comes with age—there has to be passion before there can be greatness. With that being said, there are people, who I consider top notch and leaders in their field of writing, tell me I'm a great ... http://pattistafford.com/blog/2010/01/am-i-great-a-writers-self-confidence/ Just sharing a classic today. Enjoy! Eight-year-old Virginia O'Hanlon wrote a letter to the editor of New York'sSun, and the quick response was printed as an unsigned editorial Sept. 21, 1897. The work of veteran newsman Francis Pharcellus Church has since become history's most reprinted newspaper editorial, appearing in part or ... http://pattistafford.com/blog/2009/12/merry-christmas/ I recently posted about listening to music while you write. In Words & Music I said that music can inspire your writing, "Poetic stories told with captivating music are not only inspiring but magical in many ways." In that piece I mentioned some American songwriters; Bruce Springsteen and Ronnie James ... http://pattistafford.com/blog/2009/12/writing-lessons-from-song-lyricists/ Dancing With the Muse – An Introduction to the Six Core Competencies of Successful Storytelling We are inundated with writing wisdom. It cascades around us like political fallout, right and left, plotter and pantser, light and dark, first person and third, commercial and literary, nuanced and smack in your face. How ... http://pattistafford.com/blog/2009/12/guest-post-larry-brooks-wrapping-your-head-around/