The Muffin | Cathy C. Hall Writes

Remember Tina Turner’s “What’s Love Got To Do With It?” That woman could sing. Probably still does. I could listen to that voice all day–but I should get back to the point. And I do have a writing point, people.

It’s passion.

Tina had it when she sang. You need it when you write. Because passion is what takes a song, a poem, a story, even a profession to a whole ‘nother level.

Think of your favorite teacher. I’ll bet he or she ignited your intellect, right? Made you want to go out and conquer the world, and you knew you would as soon as you conquered calculus. That’s what a passionate teacher can do. And a writer can and will ignite readers, too, if the passion comes through.

But sometimes, the zing’s just not there. Your words fall flat, the old zip is missing. You need help to get back in the writing groove. Happily, I have a few strategies to banish the blahs, and I’ve expounded on those strategies in my Muffin post today. I hope you’ll check it out. Because really, passion has everything to do with it.

I started April with the best of intentions.

I had a couple of rhyming children’s picture books and thought it would be a good idea to get some in-depth rhyming know-how from all the experts blogging over at Angie Karcher’s RhyPiBoMo. And it has been seriously in-depth! You can’t sign up for the challenge at this point, but you can most certainly benefit from a read-through, no matter what kind of rhyme you write.

I haven’t had much time for the challenge–or even a chance at a read-through. Mom took a terrible tumble a week or so ago and I’ve been in Savannah, where I stayed at my parents’ house at the beach. But Dad had disconnected the Internet.

You do not realize how dependent you are on technology until you don’t have it.

Anyway, after a whirlwind of catching up–and honestly, there’s just so much information that one can catch up on after a week offline–I sent a post over to the Muffin where I was scheduled for April 20th. I’ll be catching up with the Beneficent Mr. Hall (and really, Mister Man is a good egg, and I should be happy that the house is still standing, but how does a body not notice a zillion sugar ants parading around the kitchen???). Next, I’ll be preparing for Holy Week, so I won’t be working for a few days. But I hope you’ll have a minute to check out my Easter post, “Finding a Writing Eggs-travaganza,” in between the deviled eggs and ham.

And if I could ask one more favor, if you have time to add one little thing to your list of intentions?

Please send prayers for Mom. Thank you.