Ruffled Feathers

Writing on a Desperado Monday By Elizabeth Cutright We’ve all had those days…times when just about everything and everyone annoys us.  Perhaps we find ourselves getting unaccountably or irrationally angry over little things – a Facebook posting, coworkers gossiping loudly about the weekend, a cold and cloudy atmosphere where, in the words of the Eagles, […]

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Welcome to Wednesday

Happy “Insecure Writer’s Support Day!” By Elizabeth Cutright You are not alone.  Yes…I know you hear that often – we all do – but the frequency of the statement (or its super-status as a cliché) doesn’t make it any less real or truthful, or significant. You are not alone in your writing.  You have an […]

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Ideas, Retrofits and Video Games

Writing When You Just Can’t By Elizabeth Cutright © 2012 The Daily Creative Writer Oh Monday, Monday…. the toughest day of the week.  The 24-hour cycle that signals a new week, with new deadlines (or the ghosts of deadlines missed), new goals, and new challenges to overcome.  Monday may be all about beginnings, but that […]

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Avoidance and Penalty

Distraction and the Art of Dodging the Page By Elizabeth Cutright © 2012 The Daily Creative Writer Did you know that a cat placed third in the Virginia senate race?  Or that Charles Darwin garnered 4,000 votes in a Georgia contest?  Did you hear the story about the woman who saved a random text from […]

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