by Denise Vega | October 15, 2015 | Writing Inspiration
Over the last few weeks I was starting to feel a little less than my sunny, optimistic self when it came to my writing career. But how could this be? I absolutely LOVED everything I was doing —teaching writing, developing online writing classes, providing...
by Denise Vega | October 8, 2015 | Writing Inspiration
So many of us choose our path out of fear disguised as practicality. What we really want seems impossibly out of reach and ridiculous to expect, so we never dare to ask the universe for it. – Jim Carrey So what is up with not asking for what we really...
by Denise Vega | October 1, 2015 | Writing Inspiration
When I was attending the RMC-SCBWI Letters & Lines Fall Conference, my roommate, Cheryl Reifsnyder, kickass writer and human being, mentioned a book that is already changing my writing life: The Art of Slow Writing: Reflections on Time, Craft, and Creativity by...
by Denise Vega | September 24, 2015 | Writing Inspiration
Illustration by Ruth Harper, winner of the Letters & Lines Calendar contest. Last weekend I attended the 2015 Letters & Lines Fall Conference, the annual conference for the Rocky Mountain Chapter of SCBWI. This year was the first year I was “just”...
by Denise Vega | September 17, 2015 | Writing Inspiration
Last Wednesday, my agent sent out a new picture book manuscript to publishers. It’s one of the steps along the way, a step I find exciting because the story is out there, but all options are still open. Prior to submitting, I celebrated having a manuscript that...
by Denise Vega | September 10, 2015 | Writing Inspiration
“If you have a reason, you don’t have a result.” – T. Harv Eker I heard this recently and it has stuck with me. In other words, if I’ve got reasons or excuses around something, I haven’t accomplished what I want to accomplish....
