Like on most mornings on my SMR page, today I posted a motivational quote to accompany yet another spectacular Selma sunrise. I chose an inspirational message from Eleanor Roosevelt. “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” I selected this as it seemed particularly relevant to the week I have had. Through circumstances […]
Monthly Archives: November 2019
Clarity
There comes a point in the creative process where you just need to get away from the work. I didn’t realize how important that was until this weekend. Scott and I spent the weekend in New Orleans at Emeril Lagasse’s Carnivale du Vin, a weekend charity event supporting underserved youth. We met new friends and […]
The Spirits of New Orleans
Have you ever taken a walk down Chartres at the rear of the French Quarter? It is one of the oldest parts of the city. The street, narrow and cobblestoned, gives away its age. With buildings constructed in the eighteenth century, there are fanlights above nearly every door with carriageways between and courtyards behind nearly […]
Sharon’s Daily Inspiration
I was recently asked to share my favorite “writing music”. Turns out it’s a short list: NONE. I need absolute silence – no distractions—when I work, write, etc. I’m ADD. I just simply can’t focus with anything that might distract me from the words on the page. Especially when the subject matter, historical fiction, requires […]
Holed Up in the Tower
I’ve spent the past three days holed up in the Tower. Not that tower! But the Tower at our property on Bald Head Island! When my husband and I decided to build our dream house at the beach four years ago, we had fancied something on the beach. But that soon changed when we considered […]
