Creative Writing – Jan Sikes

December 5, 2020

My Persistent Muse

MY MUSE D. Wallace Peach put out a call on her Myths of the Mirror blog site challenging authors to write about their muse. I wasn’t going to write anything and then this happened. 🙂 True story! Image courtesy of Pixabay “Jan. Jan. Wake up.” Someone taps on my shoulder. I burrow deeper under the …

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August 11, 2019

A Writing Exercise

When I attend workshops, I always have a notebook with me to jot down things I may not otherwise remember. So, at a recent conference, I was thumbing through the notebook I had packed and ran across this. It was part of a writing challenge in some other workshop several years ago. It was called …

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October 28, 2018

Unsolicited Advice for Writers

I saw this in a Facebook post and thought it was so appropriate that I had to share. The author is unknown, so I can't give proper writing credit, but it was shared on Tamara Saviano's FB page. 1. Keep your eyes on your own paper. Do not ever, ever, ever, ever compare yourself to …

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October 12, 2016

How many ways can you say ____?

I am super excited to present this workshop to the Panhandle Professional Writers Group in Amarillo, Texas next month. Bi-Monthly Meeting November19th Jan Sikes How Many Ways Can You Say ____? “He walked.” Really? Do you know there are over 115 ways to describe the way a person walks? Why should you limit …

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