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30 Poems in 30 Days 2022: Indie Writer Life (Day 30)

Photo by Christy V. What does it mean to be an indie author? What does it mean to be an indie poet? It’s a lot of hats that you use for...

Christina Vourcos

Apr 28, 20221 min read

30 Poems in 30 Days 2022: A Holiday of Reading (Day 28)

Image from Canva Do you ever want to just read? Take a holiday off from everything Pick any story from the billions From paperback to...

Christina Vourcos

Apr 28, 20221 min read

30 Poems in 30 Days 2022: Waiting for the Moment (Day 27)

Image from Canva When you read or watch Jane Austen You might not know at first how she writes As you read or watch you start to realize...

Christina Vourcos

Apr 28, 20221 min read

30 Poems in 30 Days 2022: Pasta Talks (Day 20)

Image from Canva Need to speak to me? Pasta talks, just ask anyone If I could I would eat pasta For breakfast, lunch, and dinner I would...

Christina Vourcos

Apr 20, 20221 min read

30 Poems in 30 Days 2022: Publishing Madness (Day 7)

Image from Canva Life cannot defeat a writer who is in love with writing; for life itself is a writer’s love until death. ~ Edna Ferber...

Christina Vourcos

Apr 8, 20221 min read

NaPoWriMo 2022 & Camp NaNoWriMo – April 2022!

This April, I’ll be changing things up a bit. In the past few years, I’ve been focusing on 30 poems in April for NaPoWriMo. Now I’m going...

Christina Vourcos

Apr 1, 20221 min read

A Story For You: Writing Gifts

Photo / Drawing by Christy V. Mary Shelley wrote her novel Frankenstein because of a ghost-story competition within a literary group. In...

Christina Vourcos

Jun 19, 20202 min read

Moving Forward With Writing

Credit: Canva.com Two rejections of my novel, and I’m moving forward. I know my novel is worth publishing. I’ve always known the power of...

Christina Vourcos

Jun 6, 20202 min read

The Path of Passion

Credit: Canva.com One of Meg Cabot’s characters advised in her latest book, ‘No Judgments’: “Find what it is you love to do, and then do...

Christina Vourcos

May 29, 20203 min read

Christmas Magic

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (J.K. Rowling, WB) Many of the great Christmas stories come down to one thing. They make us...

Christina Vourcos

Dec 13, 20152 min read

All it takes is one person

Marvel’s Daredevil (Netflix) “It’s funny how your life can change/And turn around on a dime/Yeah it can take you down the darkest...

Christina Vourcos

May 30, 20153 min read

It’s All A Matter Of Perception

Eric McCormack who plays Dr. Daniel Pierce on Perception TNT It seems that I write blog posts as a way to deal when stories affect me a...

Christina Vourcos

Mar 19, 20156 min read

Revive Romance

Eoin Macken and Amy-Joyce Hastings in The Callback Queen, photo by Tim McDonnell Valentine’s Day is about to arrive. It’s the day about...

Christina Vourcos

Feb 11, 20153 min read

Plunging Into the Depth

The Doctor (Peter Capaldi) & Clara Oswald (Jenna Coleman) from BBC Doctor Who Many things inspire me in such ways that they change the...

Christina Vourcos

Aug 24, 20146 min read

The Memorable Character

George O’Malley and Meredith Grey (from tv show, Grey’s Anatomy) In amazing stories, there’s always a character that stands out from the...

Christina Vourcos

Jun 11, 20142 min read

Thank you, J.K. Rowling and Harry Potter!

J.K. Rowling reading Harry Potter to children at the White House during Easter Egg Roll event, 2010 When I was very young, my parents...

Christina Vourcos

Jul 31, 20133 min read

The Value of Fan-Fiction

Fan-fiction might seem like a recent developement, but it isn’t. It has been done long before the invention of the internet, and some of...

Christina Vourcos

Jun 17, 20134 min read

Stuck In a Rut? Try Creative Journaling!

“Dear Muse, today I would like to write a thousand words story! It could be anything! Just please help me from looking at a blank page. I...

Christina Vourcos

May 29, 20133 min read

Some stories are hidden in the past…

A local Greek Festival – 2012 Photo by Christy I’ve always been curious about the world around me, but also my family history. My mother...

Christina Vourcos

Mar 5, 20134 min read

While writing should I listen to music, or should I not?

Photo by Christy No matter what I write, I have to figure out if I want to listen to music or not. Sometimes silence works, especially...

Christina Vourcos

Feb 1, 20133 min read

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30 Poems in 30 Days 2022: Indie Writer Life (Day 30)

30 Poems in 30 Days 2022: A Holiday of Reading (Day 28)

30 Poems in 30 Days 2022: Waiting for the Moment (Day 27)

30 Poems in 30 Days 2022: Pasta Talks (Day 20)

30 Poems in 30 Days 2022: Publishing Madness (Day 7)

NaPoWriMo 2022 & Camp NaNoWriMo – April 2022!

A Story For You: Writing Gifts

Moving Forward With Writing

The Path of Passion

Christmas Magic

All it takes is one person

It’s All A Matter Of Perception

Revive Romance

Plunging Into the Depth

The Memorable Character

Thank you, J.K. Rowling and Harry Potter!

The Value of Fan-Fiction

Stuck In a Rut? Try Creative Journaling!

Some stories are hidden in the past…

While writing should I listen to music, or should I not?

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