Books

February 20, 2023 Ellen Grace Olinger

Share one of the best gifts you’ve ever received.
Daily writing prompt

I am grateful for books on my shelves with handwritten notes. And a book can also connect with a blog, and refer a reader to more work by the author online.

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February 5, 2023 Ellen Grace Olinger

Something on your “to-do list” that never gets done.
Daily writing prompt

I have postponed a chapbook a few times. There is no hurry though. Our previous book, Quiet Christmas Poetry, began as a blog and then became a large print chapbook in 2014. The book is still shared and read.

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Daily writing prompt: January 27, 2023

January 27, 2023 Ellen Grace Olinger

What do you enjoy doing most in your leisure time?
Daily writing prompt

I enjoy reading in my small study.

small study
sun reaches the painting
adds another layer

based on a painting by Wendy Brightbill

My poem was published by Time Of Singing, Fall 2021.

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“What are your biggest challenges?”

January 3, 2023 Ellen Grace Olinger

What are your biggest challenges?
Daily Prompt

One challenge these days is organizing my creative work. Blogs work so well for this goal. When I reprint a poem, or if a new poem from my blogs is published again in a journal or book, I note the references and credits in a post or page. This is a work-in-progess, and I like that I can update posts.

Over time, a lot of good work can grow, one post at a time. Then the challenge is to review here and there. You may have written a haiku sequence, a chapbook, short stories, some poems for notecards or a collage, or a poem for a bulletin board to encourage others.

Hopefully, I grow as a writer here, and can also review my work and see how I can write a poem a little better. Wonderful to try new ideas.

This Page is an example of how work can be organized: Haiku Society of America Members’ Anthologies (my haiku 2013 – 2022).

Thank you and blessings for your creative work!