Lisa Barker

This is something Joe will discover in the next book.

This makes me laugh this morning. This is truth. Reading this frees up the muse, unchains her, and helps me write again knowing that all writers must face this. Now to get back to my creative work. …

Safe Haven By Lisa Barker Warm floorboards drenched by midday sun, swept clean, the tidy broom in the corner Yellow is the room – the walls, the glow, the aura There stands a bare table, aged and worn smooth with a sensible chair to keep it company in its elder years I shall place my typewriter thereI shall click and…

I broke 5K words on my novel. The goal this week is to finish this chapter – almost there! – and get well into the next. Will be happy to write three chapters this April. I’m reading Still Writing: The Perils and Pleasures of a Creative Life by Dani Shapiro. I am in good company.…

COMMITMENT By Grant Faulkner – Executive Director, NANOWRIMO Call your novel. Open your heart. Make time for your dreams. Mix your favorite writing fuel. Ignite your imagination. Trust that your story matters. Muster up the moxie to go boldly into your story. Engage your community in your creative pursuit. Never doubt. Tell yourself you are…