by KallieRoss | May 19, 2015 | #LoveWriteCreate, Blog, Motivation, Writing
Humility is not something we all strive for. We want to be wonderful! Do you remember watching Wonder Woman as a small child and wanting to have a cool headband and indestructibly cute bracelets? It took a long time for us to grow into the woman we’ve become,...
by KallieRoss | May 12, 2015 | #LoveWriteCreate, Blog, Motivation, Writing
Yes, I meant But-man! I’m sure you’d prefer Butt-man, BUT today I want to talk about conjunctions and other writing tools that have played a big part in my writing. I’m an English teacher, and there’s no way that part of me will ever not be in...
by KallieRoss | May 8, 2015 | #LoveWriteCreate, Blog, Motivation, Writing
Captain American is slowly growing to be my favorite Avenger. He wasn’t an obvious favorite for me at first. Tony Stark is a smart guy that can make me laugh, Bruce Banner is a brooding genius that I want to help, Hawkeye is (spoiler alert!) a loving husband and...
by KallieRoss | Apr 22, 2015 | #LoveWriteCreate, Blog, Motivation, Writing
I just ripped up fistfuls of lush, green weeds, all in an effort to plant my favorite flower. Peonies are, in my opinion, the most beautifully orchestrated tangle of delicate petals on the planet. The process of tearing the life away from other, less attractive...
by KallieRoss | Apr 7, 2015 | #LoveWriteCreate, Blog, Writing
So, you finished writing a rough draft of the story brewing in your brain for the last three, six, twelve months. What’s next? I’d love to tell you that you’re all done, but alas, there’s more to writing a book than an initial manuscript filled...
by KallieRoss | Apr 1, 2015 | #LoveWriteCreate, Blog, Motivation, Writing
If you’ve missed my witty, random posts, tweets, and status updates don’t fret. I’m sick of being sick and back to scratching out and reworking my words. (Better known as revising.) To help spark some creativity, I thought it would be fun to write a...