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  • Is There Such a Thing as Life Without Music?

    What would your life be like without music? Life without music would be insufferably boring. And, I think, it would be impossible to live life without it. Not because we would drop dead from lack of music or lose all motivation and will, but because humans must make music. We feel rhythm and melody in Read more

  • What I Feel Isn’t Always What I Need

    Share a lesson you wish you had learned earlier in life. I wish I had learned much earlier in life that how I feel about something doesn’t change the need to do it. I wish that I had learned, a long time ago, that I shouldn’t only write when I feel inspired, that I only Read more

  • Why Do I Blog?

    Today’s daily prompt is fairly simple: Why do I blog? That’s an important question for a blogger. It’s like asking any writer: Why do you write? Knowing why can help shape the future of your craft. A little introspection is good for professional and personal growth. And truth be told, the answer changes over time. Read more

  • Stephen King on Writing

    I came across this quote today by Stephen King. It struck a chord with me. “Description begins in the writer’s imagination, but should finish in the reader’s.” This is a trap I am still learning how to avoid. The temptation to describe absolutely everything in meticulous and inane detail is something that, while appealing to Read more

  • What We Feel

    How are you feeling right now? When I saw this daily prompt, it turned me thoughtful. How am I feeling at this very moment? I considered that I could write about how I feel excited for today, hopeful for the future, disappointed, discouraged, content, happy, restless. But I have been all these things in the Read more

  • TV and Nostalgia

    What TV shows did you watch as a kid? Nostalgia gets a bad rap for being a blindfold that prevents us from perceiving hard truths about our childhoods. That can be true, but let’s not throw the baby out with the bathwater. I have very fond memories of my childhood that nostalgia helps keep alive, Read more