Free Preview: Kellie Elmore Feature in Spring Issue of Virtuosity Magazine
With much gratitude to Erika Block and Rebecca Dickson for the opportunity to share my journey. The Spring issue of Virtuosity is on sale now. [Purchase it here]
With much gratitude to Erika Block and Rebecca Dickson for the opportunity to share my journey. The Spring issue of Virtuosity is on sale now. [Purchase it here]
Happy May 1st everyone. I hope Spring has been treating you well and you are taking time to smell the flowers. As for me, I am still in hibernation working on this novel. Luckily, I haven’t had any major challenges lately to tell you about so I haven’t posted an update in quite some time. …
Me: “I am just so overwhelmed and almost feel like re-writing the entire thing!” Becky: What do we always do first? Break it down to one chunk at a time. Me: “If I could write it like poetry, it would be so much easier for me.” Becky: DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THERE IS NO WRONG IN WRITING. …
Stalled out at just under 20,000 words. I have read and re-read my manuscript a dozen times in search of a sign. One line to say “Hey, tell me more HERE!” And when it refuses to speak… I pull my hair, bite my nails and then… I seek out advice. I recently had the pleasure …
Since I began the transition from emotional word weaving like the poetry and prose in my first two books, to attempting to write a full length novel, I have come to realize some of the agonies in which writers speak of. I will be documenting my journey from poet to novelist as I want you …
I was writing last night, revisiting a novel I started nearly three years ago and I wrote more in that one sitting than I had since I began. It became later and later and my eyes started to burn so, I closed my laptop, put away the ashtray, my pack of cigarettes and lighter, and …
Welcome to Free Write Friday. If you are new here, feel free to read the intro. Otherwise, let’s get started. Here is your FWF prompt… Things to remember: Post your entry on your blog.Comment this post with your link.Please, be kind & comment others.Use #FWF hashtag on Twitter.Have a great weekend! ~Kellie Continue reading »
Look at me like you used to; in the beginning when I was brand new. Smiling, unaware with that stare like a child amazed, dazed by twinkling lights. Unwrap me like a gift and hold me close like I am everything you ever wished for. Look at me like you used to; in the beginning … Continue reading »
Here’s to a wonderful weekend and an end to an awesome mini-vacay. Put Dollywood on your bucket list, people. Cheers! (Follow me on Instagram for more.) *P.S. This drink is called House of Blues. Served at the AWESOME No Way Jose Cantina in Gatlinburg, TN. (My new favorite restaurant.) Continue reading »
Welcome to Free Write Friday. If you are new here, feel free to read the intro. Otherwise, let’s get started. Here is your FWF prompt… Things to remember: Post your entry on your blog. Comment this post with your link. Please, be kind & comment others. Use #FWF hashtag on Twitter. Have a great weekend! ~Kellie Recent FWF Prompts: … Continue reading »
You know the old saying, ‘practice what you preach’? It’s most often used when you are giving advice to someone and they call you on it. When they realize that what you are telling them they should do is exactly what you should be doing. Well, I have been called on it. I recently joined … Continue reading »
Please welcome Laura to the blog… Laura Howard lives in New Hampshire with her husband and four children. Her obsession with books began at the age of 6 when she got her first library card. Nancy Drew, Sweet Valley High and other girly novels were routinely devoured in single sittings. Books took a backseat to … Continue reading »
Welcome to Free Write Friday. If you are new here, feel free to read the intro. Otherwise, let’s get started. Here is your FWF prompt… “There’s a story behind everything..but behind all your stories is always your mother’s story..because hers is where yours begins.” ― Mitch Albom Things to remember: Post your entry on your blog. … Continue reading »
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Welcome to Free Write Friday. If you are new here, feel free to read the intro. Otherwise, let’s get started. Your FWF prompt this week is a word bank… lazy – rain – perspective – glint – somber – trinket – static You may use all seven words if they fill in naturally OR you … Continue reading »
it’s that sick feeling; that cold rush that climbs your body and crawls your skin, then punches you in the gut and your bent; turned inside out and the room is filled with wonderings and doubt buzzing and stirring; uncatchable, like his cunning lie and the sound of your heart running away to cry. Continue reading »