breaking down boundaries to the exuberant life of writing
December 31 2010 - In: just for fun, The Writer's Life, Wild Parties Anne Tyler Lord
As some of you know, my site has hosted many parties for writers & anyone who loves creativity and fun. I began with my first party last New Year’s Eve with the Once In A Blue Moon Party. However, my recent new job & health needs have reduced my online time in the last few [...]
October 23 2010 - In: The Writer's Life Anne Tyler Lord
Novelist K.M. Weiland blogs essays about the writing life, tips for improving fiction, and encouragement for experienced and newbie writers alike. I know many of my writer friends and followers are also loyal followers of K.M. Weiland on Twitter (@KMWeiland) and on her blogs, WORDplay: Helping Writers Become Authors and at Author Culture. I have personally appreciated [...]
July 6 2010 - In: The Writer's Life Anne Tyler Lord
Two weeks ago, I began writing a series about Negative Thoughts and how to deal with them in the writing life. We all have times when we are overwhelmed with worry, fear, anxiety, anger, jealousy, rage, apathy or depression. In this series, I am sharing advice from the research I am doing for a non-fiction [...]
July 2 2010 - In: just for fun, Wild Parities Anne Tyler Lord
Note Added: Go to the end of the comments for the final party bash on July 7th – Thanks everyone! Get your motor runnin’ Head out on the highway Lookin’ for adventure And whatever comes our way… Born to be wiiiiiiiiiiiiiild! Born To Be Wild and Easy Rider (Slipshotfilms) Writers, get your nose out of [...]
June 27 2010 - In: Other Interesting Stuff, The Writer's Life Anne Tyler Lord
Today (Monday) is the final day for 21.5.800 with BinduWiles.com which translates into five days of yoga each week and 800 words of writing per day for 21 days. The twenty-one days seemed to fly by very quickly for me, but as I look back at my life when I began this challenge, I realize [...]
June 24 2010 - In: Coffee Klatch, The Writer's Life Anne Tyler Lord
coffee klatch noun –an occasion when people meet socially to talk and drink coffee (Cambridge Dictionary) Welcome to the Coffee Klatch. Join us each week for conversation and news for the Writer’s Life community and connect on Twitter (@Writers_Life) at #Writers_Life. Bagels! We always serve a full menu of drinks. Help yourself to coffee, tea, hot chocolate [...]
June 22 2010 - In: The Writer's Life Anne Tyler Lord
Worry, anxiety, fear, insecurity, self-doubt, anger, rage, apathy, jealousy These are some of the feelings that create defeating, depressing and disturbing thoughts about our writing and our life. We all get them in some form, but getting stuck in these thoughts can destroy our creativity and keep us from writing. Most of our negative thinking is [...]
June 15 2010 - In: The Writer's Life Anne Tyler Lord
What does it take for you to get in the mood to write? Can you create an island oasis when you are writing? Those are challenging questions for some of us. There are some writers that write on an oasis of solitude for hours each day, and others that grab fifteen minutes whenever they can [...]
My name is Anne Tyler Lord. I have been many things in my life, but right now, I know I must write.
The Writer’s Life (see on Twitter - @Writers_Life and #Writers_Life) is my regular blog series that looks at the life of writers from a personal angle; our challenges, our quests, and what drives us to create. Read more about me here.
So, join me, you won't be sorry.
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Soft Whispers - Deadly Love, Be Mine. Valentine's Day Anthology - February 14, 2010
Flashes in the Dark - Ménage à Trois Avant-garde - February 12, 2010
Soft Whispers - Poetry - ongoing
FridayFlash - Flash fiction stories on Friday - ongoing
The Penny Dreadful - my serial fiction - ongoing
Tyler Corner is an historical novel about the lives of two women who were cousins growing up on Iowa farms in the 1920s - 1930s. It is based on the experiences from my own family and unsolved ax murders in Villisca, Iowa. I am writing this novel for NaNoWriMo 2010.
I am creating ebooks and courses for writers, and anyone who wants more creativity and transformation in their lives. The courses are based on Narrative and Poetry Therapy & Humor.
Frostbite: A Mafia Family Christmas is my first fictional series. It is followed by a sequel series titled Twisted Family Bonds. It is a dark humor soap opera about the Kaszinovs, a Russian Mafia Family.
R-Evolutionary Nights is a novel of romance and suspense set in Prague, Budapest and Wisconsin. Alex and Jack are in love, but must escape the influences of the Russian mafia that has infiltrated Jack's family. I began this novel during the 2009 NaNoWriMo. And, I won.
RedFlame DeepWater is a collection of spiritual poems about the agony and ecstasy of the spiritual journey. RedFlame describes the experience of the Dark Night of the Soul. I will continue the collection in 2010 with DeepWater, illuminating ecstatic spiritual experiences.
