We are slammed with a new virus called "Coronavirus." We in free America are quarantined, just like all the other countries in the world; it is affecting all of us in the world equally, well, considering stats of course. Nonetheless, this is what it looks like to have your fredoms taken away; now we know …
Let’s Be Clear…
Let's Be Clear Copywrite: March 12, 2020 by Lydia Nolan Clarity is a technique that qualifies a writer’s talent. Clarity reveals a meticulously calculative mind; a mind of careful focus & organization. For a writer who wishes to be good at conveying a message this technique must be practiced and perfected. It is a technique …
Complain, complain, complain…
You should know about complaining. Since our site is called "The Plot Thickens," it is URGENT that you know about complaints. Or, is it? Okay, this was a test. If I was complaining I would have continued about everyone who complains and what it gets them. Now, THIS is a complain: I haven't the foggiest …
End of Days In Writer’s Language
I swear it, these days remain transparent of the untruth of the matter of positivity and hope in society. I just want to stop trying to get anything accomplished and give up the hope in ever making it as a writer or a realtor, or a housewife or a pet owner or anything that has …
The Closer I get, the further away I go…
I found out today that my friend had a double stroke; that is, a stroke on both sides of her brain. This completely incapacitates her and I do not know if she will come out of it, I pray she does, but only God knows for sure. Last year, before Christmas I lost another dear …
Mistake!
Do you remember the movie, "Jerry Maguire?" Do you remember the part when he wrote the "mission statement" that ended his employ with the big agency? Do you remember how exactly he realized what he'd done? It wasn't when they fired him, it wasn't when they threw him a party. It was right after he'd …
Today’s “slant” on…
I am posting an article from another writer this week, not only because the topic is interesting (since she too is posting on another writer's work) but because of the slant of the writer who is posting about another writer--try and keep up. Yes, it's true. I too am posting with my own slant, and if …
When time periods baffle you
When Time Periods Baffle You © by Lydia Nolan May 5, 2019 I have been working on the same novel for years, I won't even tell you how many. Nonetheless, I have finished it years ago, but went on to edit it and this is where the length of time begins. This is my first …
What Writers Do In the Dark
The average person thinks of someone being "in the dark" as someone who is uninformed. That is not the case with writers, at least not in this conversation of mine at this time. When I think of a writer "in the dark" I am talking about the secret place to which the writer goes: her …
Morning, true and clear
Hi. A bit off topic this morning, not about writing or reading, but about contemplating something from another day or time. Before everything starts, before everyone wakes, it's Saturday morning, true and clear; without complications, without drama, without heartache. The morning will always give that sense of hope, grace, gratitude. It's there, you just have …
