By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills Tweet this: A Writer’s Workspace Is your workplace special to you? Many times I’ve been asked where I write. The answer is anywhere, yet I do have a designated office, a room where bits and pieces of me are scattered throughout. I’d like to share a few photos with you today. Okay, so my desk is slightly …
March Celebrations
By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills Tweet this: March Celebrations March is here and with it comes the promise of spring, and we’re ready. No matter how much we love our winter sweaters, fireplaces, and snow sports, green and the color of blooming flowers is more appealing. So let’s get on board the spring train by celebrating March. Take a look at the …
Questions to Ask Before Getting Old
By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills Tweet this: Questions to Ask Before Getting Old I don’t recall taking a class in high school or college about what to ask myself before getting old. Psychology courses gave the textbook approach to ease our fears: this is what happens to the aging mind; what is lost, and what is retained. Frankly, I didn’t pay …
Nine Things NOT To Do When Tired
By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills Tweet this: Nine Things NOT To Do When Tired Two weeks ago, I returned from a writer’s high: I taught at a conference and afterward was Edie Melson’s guest. For six days we worked on a book project titled The Author Roadmap – Navigating the Social Media Highway. Oh, every moment of the 8 days was thrilling. …
Books that Touch Your Life
By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills Tweet this: Books that Touch Your Life Old books have a special place in my heart. They are my connection to the past shared by a passion for the written word. Whether I’m looking through a museum glass window at an ancient papyrus writing, of which I have a limited idea of what is being said, …
Welcome to Groundhog’s Day!
By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills Tweet this: Welcome to Groundhog’s Day! Today is Groundhog’s Day. This is the one day of the year when the groundhog has notoriety. He’s famous in cartoon, legends, children’s stories, weather predictions, and just plain fun. This little furry creature is onstage before he crawls out of his cozy, underground burrow. Photographers and reporters are waiting …
Favorite Quotes
By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills Tweet this: Favorite Quotes I love quotes—the echoes of life reflected into our world to admire, respect, contemplate, or simply enjoy. When words are arranged to pack a punch with insightful meaning, I’m excited and inspired. I have favorites about life, family, friends, faith, and of course writing, and I’d like to share some of those …
Memory Makers
By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills Tweet this: Memory Makers My nine-year-old granddaughter and I are writing a fantasy book. We started January, 2015 and plan to be finished in March, 2016. The time spent together has added depth and meaning to our relationship while creating a memory-maker for both of us. This book was her idea, and I knew I was …
Usable or Useless
By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills Tweet this: Usable or Useless The first of every year finds me cleaning, tossing, and organizing that which is no longer usable in my life. In short, I get rid of the junk. Sometimes it’s easy to choose what isn’t worth keeping, especially when I evaluate physical items cluttering my space. 1. Why did I keep …
Revisiting Your Bucket List
DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills Tweet this: Revisiting Your Bucket List Last week’s blog about making a bucket list for 2016 received an overwhelming response from e-mails to blog comments to twitter posts. I loved reading your thoughts and comments. Many of you decided to create your own and were looking forward to “filling” it. Thank you! When one of you wrote …