by S.F. Powell | Jun 16, 2020 | Writing Life
Create Your Own Writer’s Retreat: A State Park Tour Writers sometimes need solitude. Many writers create pages of prose around crowds, but generally, writing is a solitary experience, so, writers need solitude. Writers have their designated ‘zone’ spots, but...
by S.F. Powell | Jun 9, 2020 | Living Life
Recessions in a Nutshell From greenhouses to economic back-turns, it’s all fodder for writers developing characters or plot points. In book four, there’s reference to specific events occurring with a character during the ‘last’ economic recession, and Dr. Naomi...
by S.F. Powell | Jun 5, 2020 | Music and Song
A Look at Protest Songs The Beauty and Power of Outcry through Music The plan for this week’s blog involved a high-level discussion of a recession—an economic recession. While experts indicate the COVID-19 pandemic will lead to a serious economic downturn, it’s...
by S.F. Powell | May 19, 2020 | Living Life
A Look at Greenhouses It’s Plant a Vegetable Garden Day. In my novels, there’s plenty reference to plants and flowers, to gardens and gardening. A couple of my characters are nature-lovers. For book four, I’m interested in having a character own a greenhouse—where...
by S.F. Powell | May 5, 2020 | Writing Life
Writers Parenting While Working from Home Bring Your Kid to Work Day was held recently. With the current global developments, such irony could not be stronger. For many, it’s been ‘kids at work’ every day for the last month and a half. The COVID-19 pandemic has...
