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I have a B.A and an M.F.A in Creative Writing and Communications. Because of it, I have gotten better at the craft of writing, but attribute becoming more polished to being here at Helium. Practice, staying on topic, and expressing oneself well, and learning

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Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: Childhood memories: 1 of 308
Lions, and tigers and unicorns? Oh my? Yes, there were unicorns; lions, tigers, even a large leaping frog, whose seat was the white center of a lily pad. "Daddy, Daddy, Daddy, me next!" I cried. I was nine, and wanted a turn on the carousel. The animals on it had been hand carved by an old-world master in Germany, in the late... More..
Creative Writing > Essays Essays: Why we write: 1 of 182
I think most writers would agree that we write because we are COMPELLED to, for many different reasons. Loved ones or classmates may laugh, chide that we will NEVER be published, so what's the point. The point is that creativity begets creativity. Understanding words, and the way they can be molded to express our thoughts is ... More..
Arts & Humanities > Thoughts on Writing The benefits of journaling: 1 of 148
For many people the word "journaling" is mentally the same as keeping a diary - and diaries are for little kids. But journaling is more; it has structure, timelessness, and is unique to everyone who writes in one. They are not for little kids, as many journal writers can attest. Also, there are many different titles one cou... More..
Arts & Humanities > Writing Tips Getting over writer's block: 2 of 137
Four words no writer wants to say or hear - "I've got writer's block" - can send the shivers down a writer's spine. No one wants to be the one to say [or think] it. Writers hate the sentence because it means there's a train wreck coming. It's a devil that gained entrance to a writer's mind when s/he was distracted. It happens... More..
Celebrations & Holidays > Engagements & Proposals Worst reasons to marry: 2 of 104
Nowadays, we sometimes feel as if we know so much, and yet so little; Life ebbs and flows in a way we do not understand. And just when we THINK we have it figured, it changes. The same is true of marriage mores and values. Once upon a time, life was dictated in such a way that by a certain age, you were married and had kids. ... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Horses: 1 of 36
WILD HORSES [for Terry] The wild horses toss sweat-slickened manes as their hooves splash - through shallow pools: Mankind would tame and break them if it could. Using harness and ropes wet with ocean salt that stings Island wind whips across black and roan bucking backs, the fear of ropes a... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Reflections: 7 of 242
Distant Thunder I love the sound of distant thunder in my life... distant rumbles of love lost, pain endured, the sweet textures and flavors of light, and of friends. God in a glass. Thunder moves in rainy days that occupy my heart. Rain thrives there, friends are lost there, in a well of stone and eternal loneliness. More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Love of nature: 1 of 30
Northern Lights Cold night air so ripe with promise;I stand a wooden ladderto the barn's roof...there to sit and watchas Northern Lights dance...They dip and sway for me,across a frozen Canadian sky.Azure blue and Goddess green-and rhythmic reds that please me,undulate to the rhythm of the night.Velvet black sky and crystal-... More..
Relationships & Family > Marriage & Divorce (Other) Cohabitation: Why people don't marry any more: 1 of 28
There are a myriad of reasons couples cohabitate, but the biggest one is very basic, raw, and understandable: fear. The media, the economy, our culture, ads that push perfection, and the lack of good role models OF marriage, help create and sustain that fear. Here are a few issues that stir couples up enough to resist marriag... More..
Health & Fitness > Cancer Cancer diagnosis is no death sentence: 1 of 27
When I was diagnosed with breast cancer in January 2007, it never occurred to me that I had just been handed a death sentence. I was too busy wondering at the coincidence of it all. Out of the blue I decided to get a mammogram, and with no symptoms at all, was diagnosed? What if I had kept on living my life as always, without... More..