Mirka Muse

Ghost (verb, to ghost someone) = the practice of ending a personal relationship with someone by suddenly and without explanation withdraw...

a.k.a “Time-management” “Where did the time go?” “Forwards, darling. Always forward.” Time marches in one direction and, excep...

One of my peeves is the callous attitude some folks have when payment is not involved. We know that when a contract (verbal or written) inv...

A few months ago, I suggested to DD that she consult with her teacher about certain career choices. “After all, your teacher is both old...

Warning: this is on the gruffly side 😖 In the last year, I’ve gotten many Facebook friend requests where the person requesting chos...

“Substitute 'damn' every time you're inclined to write 'very;' your editor will delete it and the writing will be just...

Kids love animal sounds in stories. When spelling out animal sounds, we aim to approximate. After all, MEH is not exactly what the s...

I’ve been reading and giving feedback to many aspiring authors lately, and one issue has come up repeatedly to irk my otherwise want-to-be...

With official summer around the corner, some think it the season for pleasure reading. After all, when else will career busy folks put d...

Or What Will They read? It’s a big question mark for writers for a post-pandemic period. What will readers read, and hence, what sho...

PLEASE I took a while (an understatement) to appreciate the connective powers of Facebook. I mean, the first few years I had a page, I ...

Fair question, that^. This is my four-hundred-and fortieth post. Despite the shrinking blogosphere, and the fact that (other than ma...

When my father lectured university age students, he told me that in his mind he would focus on one student as he talked. This made it poss...

If nothing else, (and there’s plenty else) a pandemic brings home the universality of experience. There will be time to reflect and asse...

I woke up today, tired of Corona and determined to embrace the daffiness that this time of year usually confers on me. So with few apologies...

I’ve been a sort-of fan of Jay Leno ever since I saw him live in a New York City comedy club way back when he was not famous or the “Jay ...

Hebrew: Yom Hasho’ah- יוֹם הַשׁוֹאָה Challenging times, such as we're enduring now,  befall humankind periodically. Unlike our curre...

Storytellers are in a good position to know that a day will come when things as they are today will feel different. We write most stories ...

Though the global response and economic shut-down feels unprecedented for any who haven’t lived through the great depression or the last w...

Maybe we need comic relief more than ever and maybe mischief is what passes for comedy to some. But this is my blog and so it's my ple...

Meaning, Work Harder Here's a bit of writerly contemplation to remind us that the world isn't ending. Whatever is ahead, good...

As the world enters a new stage of trying to cope with a pandemic, it obviously affects everyone in many ways. I am choosing to continue m...

How do you feel, as a reader, about stories in present tense? My last two drafted novels for Middle Grades are in first person prese...