by Faye Arcand | Dec 9, 2022 | My Twisted Writer Brain…, self improvement
This is a reblog/rewrite of a post I did in March 2021. Lately, I’ve written very little of anything. The writing blues have hold of me but I know I can warm up my writing pen and get back in the game.. For now though I’ll need to remind myself why I write...
by Faye Arcand | Nov 30, 2022 | My Twisted Writer Brain…, self improvement
It needed to be kicked to the curb and I should have done it sooner. I don’t know what word count I got to, but I do know that it all sucked in more ways than one. The writing felt forced. Nothing wanted to flow from my brain to my page. My brain would whistle...
by Faye Arcand | Jan 27, 2021 | Faye Arcand, school, self improvement
What’s the first book you remember making an impact on your life? For me it was James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl. The way I remember it is that Mrs. Merritt, my first grade teacher, gathered all of us grade ones in a corner, she sat on a low chair in...
by Faye Arcand | Dec 29, 2020 | Faye Arcand, How to Make Your Writing Better, My Twisted Writer Brain…, self improvement, Writing a Book
I want to introduce you all to award winning author and writing coach Jennifer Manuel who’s debut novel, The Heaviness of Things That Float, won the 2017 Ethel Wilson Prize and was optioned for a television series. Her second literary novel The Morning Bell...
by Faye Arcand | Dec 21, 2020 | Auntie Says..., Faye Arcand, self help, self improvement
One day I was scrolling through my phone and this list (below) of 40 Old-Fashioned Skills That Kids Need to Know caught my attention. As I scanned them I didn’t think them old-fashioned at all but recognized most as life skills. Now, I have no idea who wrote...
by Faye Arcand | Dec 3, 2020 | advice to teens. Auntie advice, Auntie Says..., Faye Arcand, self improvement
Well, here we are finally in December. I want to check in and see how you’re all doing? Are you taking care of yourself? Getting up every morning and brushing your teeth? Remember, no matter what, you’re the one in charge of your own mental health. Yes, you. You’re...
