by Monica Emerich | Jun 30, 2021 | Craft, Creative Writing, Inspiration, Research Resources
You want to write a women’s fiction novel set in Victorian or Regency eras, or before, and your protagonist is an unmarried, independent woman, or at least independent in spirit if not entirely in body. To stay true to the historical frame, how do you write a...
by Monica Emerich | Mar 28, 2019 | Scribal Affair, A Blog
Write because… You need it, like air The world needs a sane voice New ideas are the engine of change Change needs to be positive That trip you took around Wisconsin eating cheese will make people laugh Laughter is sorely missing in the world A friend needs...
by Monica Emerich | Sep 19, 2017 | Craft, Culture, Scribal Affair, A Blog
Happy, intense absorption in any work, which is to be brought as near to perfection as possible, this is a state of being with God, and the men who have not known it have missed life itself.’ – D. H. Lawrence Oh, my. How has work become drudgery for so...
by Monica Emerich | Aug 23, 2017 | Culture
Washington, DC—April 1st, 2018 It’s been months since the solar eclipse shadowed corridors of the American landscape, welcomed by the cheers of millions of onlookers, but the effects are not yet over. While scientists warned Americans not to look directly at the sun,...
by Monica Emerich | Jun 25, 2017 | Creative Writing, Inspiration, Scribal Affair, A Blog
You know the feeling, fellow writer. You’ve done all the right things. She wanted you up by 5 a.m., before the dogs rose even, before the husband stopped snoring, before the neighbors rolled out their trash cans, and, by God, you did it, day after day. This is...
