Recent content by Clutch

This got a laugh...do people actually do this...for these contests? Dang, I'm very competitive but wow! As far as beta readers...my wife reads everything I write, makes corrections and suggestions, she's suggested plot ideas and endings. She is a great reader. She's a lousy writer... Then I...

In church they call it God, or sometimes Jesus...in AA we referred to it as a "higher power" Creative minds use the word 'muse' for some inexplicable reason...

A Muse, whispering in your ear.

2. a person or personified force who is the source of inspiration for a creative artist. In my own experience a muse...my muse, is a scheming little child who throws brilliantly intangible inspiration at me at inopportune moments, ideas it knows will strike deeply resonant timbres within my...

So I've been spending my time recently trying to gestate an idea for the next story contest and my muse is dangling moldy carrots. What is it about the creative bent that is so elusive and fickle? Is there some sort of "idea reservoir" that needs topping off before drawing down again? Do I not...

The high was in the low 40's today with a beautiful blue sky and a 7 mile hike to explore the existence of a fabled beaver pond. I hiked up over the ridge behind the house and down into the next valley. I've been eyeing this pond on google earth for a year now and finally got the time to hike...

What made me unhappy today...this is a good place to dump this. In the local news yesterday a couple men died in a car accident. Their car went off the road and rolled into a slough and they drown. It happened in just about the exact same spot where five teens died...exactly the same way, back...

I write in the contests as motivation because it's the only time I ever write. I like the deadline, and the forced topic. I mostly enter the flash contests though...I find I'm a better writer when I'm forced into the tight constraints of that word limit. It seems like when I'm given the larger...

The Beginning. The Middle. The End.

I have no aspirations of becoming a professional writer. I just like to write, always have, so it's just a hobby like fishing or building model railroads. My background is (was) music...guitar mainly. I use to write & record music although nothing you've heard...just a hobby. I put it away...