Questions for Writers
Posted on February 9, 2014 18 Comments
Photo by Brian Payne
When you’ve been working on a project, do you sometime reach the point when you feel you’ve come to a dead end? You know what you want to say but the words just aren’t coming? Or worse you don’t know what to say and get that “why am I trying so hard when nobody really cares anyway?” feeling. Or the failure of the e-book you took such pride in writing and publishing fails to sell leading to the conclusion you really don’t have an audience? And then do you begin to look at why you’re writing and for whom you’re writing?
As for me, some of my writing is for me – but my book was for the world.
So, what do YOU do when you reach a dead end?
Make Haiku Mini-comic Book
Posted on February 8, 2014 4 Comments
Whistling wind so fierce
Birds burrow feathers in sand
Build shelter in earth
Follow the instructions below to make this week’s mini-comic book. Enjoy.
HOW TO MAKE YOUR VERY OWN ZCW MINICOMIC from Brian Payne, artist
1.) Download the image to your computer desktop.
2.) Set your printer to the fill entire paper/borderless setting and use the landscape format to print it on a piece of 8 1/2″ x 11″ paper (preferably colored.)
3.) Watch the tutorial I found on YouTube (see link below,) make sure your folds are straight, all the corners are even, and be extra careful with your cut.
Enjoy!
Waves Haiku 78
Posted on February 4, 2014 Leave a Comment
Billowing waves splash
sea’s laughter swallows rocks, sand
enjoy nature’s play
Life’s Tsunamis – Haiku and more
Posted on February 2, 2014 6 Comments
Waves of destruction
Water subsides new plants bloom
Will subdues hardships
A tsunami takes many forms. A storm’s huge wave surge can wipe away home, a lifetime of memories, and physical life. But, a disease, end of a relationship, or the unexpected loss of a job can hit with the force of a tsunami. We can meet these tsunamis with despair, defeat, and blame becoming victims of forces beyond our control. Or we can, as a friend wrote to me, see them as bridges to a new place in our life. We can create a fresh and positive situation with strength gained from surviving our personal tsunami and wisdom from lessons learned in the process.
As I believe that death is the ultimate wonder, these passing tsunamis are just that, passing challenges for me to walk over or through as I continue to journey toward life’s culmination. So, I may turn the other cheek, make lemonade, or say “shove it” but I know that the ups and downs I experience are just lessons toward attaining enlightenment. And our dreams and nightmares all disappear when heart and mind unite in the awareness of the indomitable freedom of awakened consciousness.
Make Haiku Mini-Comic 26
Posted on February 1, 2014 2 Comments
Follow the instructions below to make this week’s mini-comic book. Enjoy.
HOW TO MAKE YOUR VERY OWN ZCW MINICOMIC from Brian Payne, artist
1.) Download the image to your computer desktop.
2.) Set your printer to the fill entire paper/borderless setting and use the landscape format to print it on a piece of 8 1/2″ x 11″ paper (preferably colored.)
3.) Watch the tutorial I found on YouTube (see link below,) make sure your folds are straight, all the corners are even, and be extra careful with your cut.
Enjoy!
Skywalker Storyteller Works 