Category: Sanctuary (Novel in Progress)

Notes on my NIP – How long, oh lord, how long will be “In Progress”

The Wonder and the Craft

There is information coming to me today about wonder, about the connection to mystery and about the wisdom of my imagination and how it will bring me that which is beyond what my logical mind can fathom.

I love how our work reveals us, brings gifts to us, unwinds us and reveals our deepest desires.

We’ve had some snow today…

Sometimes there was nothing by white deep drifting for a long section, but looking ahead, I could see the old path and then I would cut a new(ish) trail to meet up with the tracings of the old one.

on honouring our Work…

Pam ponders the power of honouring our work, instead of viewing our manuscripts as Things we must wrestle into submission…

a day in the life…

Hey Look. It’s a really short blog post.

Learning when to let go…and whom to invite in.

Wherein Pam ponders the difficulty of letting go of our work and letting others see it. And stuff…

Looking forward…a writer prepares…

Wherein Pam sings the praises of her wonderful community of fellow writers (with links) and lays out her exciting new plan to find her way through a new draft of her novel in progress….

Best revision ever? Thoughts on Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee

Hey gang: Popping on today with some thoughts about… revisions.  About how much a book can change from draft to draft and about how … sometimes, the leaps made are GINORMOUS. Finally got my hand’s on Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee. Am… Continue Reading “Best revision ever? Thoughts on Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee”

Walking My Way to Water: Week 12 – Faith – Learning to Trust Your Own Process

Take it in Stride - the road.

Another week of… Letting it be. Letting myself be. Trusting the process by which I work. Trusting that it will all work out in the end…. artistically.

Walking My Way To Water Week 9 – Compassion and Calling Things By Their True Names

Wherein Pam encourages you to… Slow down and listen to your body. See what is really happening with your self and… GIVE THINGS THEIR PROPER NAME.

Shake and Bake 88: Resetting the Compass

Wherein Pam contemplates how to “keep the faith” on the long long journey that is writing a novel… and gets a kick from the universe to reset her compass and carry on.

Finding My Bearings Now

A post-dramatic approach to breast cancer treatment - by a recovering drama queen

Starting Over

Because there's never enough time to do it right the first time but there's always enough time to do it over

Ailish Sinclair

Stories and photos from Scotland

Cathy Standiford

Historical fiction, poetry, essays

Finding My Bearings Now

A post-dramatic approach to breast cancer treatment - by a recovering drama queen

Starting Over

Because there's never enough time to do it right the first time but there's always enough time to do it over

Ailish Sinclair

Stories and photos from Scotland

Cathy Standiford

Historical fiction, poetry, essays