by Denise Vega | December 22, 2016 | Writing Inspiration
Argh. For some reason my post didn’t publish yesterday as schedule! So here it is… One of the biggest challenges I now face is keeping up with the writing practice I developed during NaNoWriMo. Beyond whether I’m a fast writer or a slow writer is the...
by Denise Vega | July 16, 2015 | Writing Inspiration
Piggybacking on last week’s Recoloring Blue Days, I wanted to talk about how to jumpstart your spark of creativity when you can barely see it or it’s gone out completely. Working through my grief over my mom’s death and the death of my friend,...
by Denise Vega | February 12, 2015 | Writing Inspiration
On January 30, friend and colleague Michelle Begley was killed in a car crash, leaving behind a nine-year-old daughter and loving, grieving family and friends. Last Saturday, February 7, I attended her memorial service. It was a time of deep sorrow and loss for...
by Denise Vega | December 11, 2014 | Writing Inspiration
I have held off talking about my mom’s cancer because I wasn’t sure what I wanted to say and why I might want to say anything at all on a blog where the content has been 99% about writing. But then I realized that (a) her cancer is affecting my writing in...
by Denise Vega | October 9, 2014 | Writing Inspiration
Last Saturday night I went out to celebrate my baby sister’s birthday. Because she’s 17 years younger than me (hence, the “baby” in “baby sister”), the festivities started at 8 (remember those days, any of you who are 45+? College...