by Darcy Wiley | May 19, 2014 | Pencils & Pens
The first time I opened Gift from the Sea, I was pedaling barefoot on the exercise bike in the basement. It’s the story of this stage of my life, I’m circling my legs around in full stride only to realize I’m a hamster in a wheel. I stopped pedaling...
by Darcy Wiley | Jan 27, 2014 | Pencils & Pens, Sweet Tea
{Sign Up for the Story Circle through (in)couragers Today!} Over the last few weeks, I’ve been reading several works-in-progress, offering little bits of free-time for writing proposals, editing prologues line-by-line, and helping writers dream in the right direction....
by Darcy Wiley | Jan 5, 2014 | Sweet Tea
It had been three and a half years since I’d had a baby. I’d forgotten how my words would forget me, at least the written kind. They seemed to go down the drain with the dishwater or get lodged in the cushions of the couch where I sat for hours a day nursing the new...
by Darcy Wiley | Oct 10, 2013 | A Less Digital Life, Pencils & Pens, Pocket Change
The square on my calendar seemed familiar, as if I had some kind of big appointment slated for the day. September 26. But nothing showed under the date. I got right to cleaning my office that morning, cramming for company the next day. And in a stack, more like a...
by Darcy Wiley | Oct 4, 2013 | A Less Digital Life, Fresh-Cut Flowers, Sweet Tea
As I celebrate my 10th anniversary with my husband today, I’m sharing a Literary Date based on Charlotte’s Web. He and I have been reading some classics aloud lately, and the time spent in a book (and away from our computer, TV and smart phones) and...