Blog Posts for Peg Crompton

Rescue

Peg Crompton — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:09:07 -0700

It took me a little while to unwind from the long drive. I paced my parents condo for a few minutes to stretch my legs and chatted with my mother while she put water in a pot for tea. The condo was bright and airy. It had a wide open floor plan and nice big windows overlooking the inlet. The sun was shining on the water. casting a light shadow in ripples as the water gently lapped against ...

Travel, Illness and Injury, and the Muse

Peg Crompton — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 07:04:31 -0700

In day-to-day living changes are subtle and often go unnoticed. We move about our business and seldom reflect. Each moment is a story unfolding that often goes untold. For each new thing we learn, each story we hear or create, there are thousands more. Like a photograph, we capture but a portion of what is there. The muse of a writer is always there, whether lurking in the shadows or ...

What is it?

Peg Crompton — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 06:49:26 -0700

What is it that keeps me from writing? I am pretty sure it is the creative process at work. Just because I do not have paper and pen in hand does not mean that I am not working on my writing. Most of us work on our books in our minds and during our daily lives way before we commit anything to paper (or keyboard). The development of a story or character comes to us through our muse, and ...

What is it?

Peg Crompton — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 06:49:19 -0700

Bad Manners

Peg Crompton — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 06:08:34 -0700

“Is anyone out there?” were not words I expected to utter on this fine, sunny day. Little did I know what was to come. Driving to Charlottesville, Virginia from the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia took about three hours. It was a pleasant enough ride, but I’d rather not be making it. Beautiful scenery surrounded me. The views along the way included mountains, valleys, ...

Writing

Peg Crompton — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:18:34 -0700

Why is it? I always seem to find so many other things, besides writing, that need my attention. There is the house to clean, the pets to take care of, the laundry, shopping, bills, gardening, mowing, shoveling snow, making calls, paperwork, and more, much, much more. I'm thinking that writing is not really a job or a disciplined endeavor for me. It is a creative process. It is something I ...

Epiphany

Peg Crompton — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 09:31:06 -0700

Epiphany Definition-a sudden, intuitive perception of or insight into the reality or essential meaning of something, usually initiated by some simple, homely, or commonplace occurrence or experience. What does it mean to you? When was the last time you had one and what was it? These are my favorite moments as epiphanies are clear and euphoric in nature and they definitely keep you in the ...

Inspiritation/Intimidation

Peg Crompton — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 19:59:40 -0700

Inspiration for creative endeavors often comes from the most surprising places. This holds true for many art forms, including writing. How many of us have seen something or had a random thought that has lead to new writing? During these moments our focus shifts to the creative process, concerns about the past and/or future fade away and the joy of being in the present moment of ...

Publishing Misstep

Peg Crompton — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 19:29:11 -0700

I am a firm believer in "everything happens for a reason", so if I was given the opportunity to do anything over again would I do it differently? Hmm-there really is no way to know; however, if I could go back and erase anything during the publishing process, it would be my own anxiety. Anxiety is the subject of my book, and sometimes I need to go back and read it to follow my own ...

Etsy & Artistic Expression

Peg Crompton — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:17:48 -0700

Boy, have I ever been having trouble with Internet Explorer--Firefox to the rescue. It's good to be back to blogging again.My recent test blog worked, so let me explain it a little further. I have opened an Etsy store today to showcase some of my other artistic work and sell some hand made items that are accumulating like dust bunnies in my home.Writing will always be my favorite form of ...