the writing life…
Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under Musings
Mothers, Hope, and the words, “I’m sorry…”
The hardest thing about being a mother is that you never feel as though you’ve done enough. So many nights I go to bed wondering, pondering, construing, and often misconstruing, I am sure, how I might have done better at something for or with my one of my children.
It’s particularly hard when you witness your child struggling to accomplish or overcome an obstacle.
Bullies at school, teachers who seemed to have landed from a planet where all inhabitants have forgotten what it was like, or just how difficult it is to be a child.
To be sure, growing up is hard to do. Continue reading ‘Mothers, Hope, and the words, “I’m sorry…”’
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Radio Show | Jackie Luckett, and Searching for Tina Turner
Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under Event, Interview, Radio Show
Debut novelist, Jackie E. Luckett discusses her debut novel, “Searching for Tina Turner,” and process of women finding their passion beyond the roles of wife and mother.
So tune in.
Tags: author, blog talk radio, debut novel, Jackie Luckett, mother, passion, Searching for Tina Turner, wife, writing
Who Am I: What Do I Really Want?
Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under Articles and Essays, Musings
According to Jungian theory, the shadow aspect of one’s personality contains any, and everything that falls out of alignment, stands apart, from the ego ideal.
The writer must examine the central character’s values, those held by her or his family, mother, father and culture, to gain a sense of how the Shadow archetype might manifest [...]
Tags: antagonize, archetype, aspect of personality, awareness, back story, central character, characters, culture, destiny, discomfort, dream, ego, energy, family, father, friends, goal, Guardians of the Threshold, ideal, identity, major character, masks, Mentors, mother, negative, obstacles, others, positive, projection, protagonist, roles, self, Shadow, story, tension, values, wish, writing
The Writer/Mother
Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under Articles and Essays, Musings
“I’m a better writer and certainly a better person because I am a mother,” says author, Lisa Unger. “My best times for writing and creativity are between 5 am to noon. Afternoons are devoted to my daughter when she returns home from school.”
The role of mother and writer is a taxing one for those of [...]
Tags: adoration, author, balance, commitment, creativity, daughter, fan base, Fragile, Internet, Lisa Unger, literary thrillers, love, mother, publishing industry, readers, striving to improve, working mothers, writer, writing
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