Writing Mistakes

So why is it that anytime you write a blog on writing you undoubtedly screw up your punctuation, misspell words and can't grasp simple grammar concepts. It's a humbling experience.

I don't have time to blog tomorrow morning so thought I'd throw down tonight. It makes me crazy when I make simple mistakes. I use spell check, I reread what I've written ... so what gives? ERG.

It's like a person forgets everything she's ever learned. I'm sure my college profs are rolling their eyes and wondering what I spent my money on.

But then, over the years, I've become somewhat of a believer in the rambling nature of blogs. When I first started I wrote entries that were nearly magazine articles and the blog resembled an e-zine. Now, however, I journal a little more. While I have a point, in this case my idiocy, I don't edit and re-edit. In fact, I don't really agree with editing posts ... unless there is a gaff so heinous that you have to address it. That's nearly every blog entry. The only things that are flawless are the flowers in the pics of my garden.

At any rate, as a writer, anytime you write about writing you will make some of the biggest mistakes on earth and never see them. Just know that you aren't alone. Jump in with both feet anyway!
Happy writing!

My New Book - Writing the author blurb

OK, so I'm supposed to be writing an "about the author" blurb for my book, Children of Light, and it's hard!

I don't know what to say. I have to list credentials but it feels like bragging. I have to describe the book, but it feels like I'm trying to describe my life in a couple of hundred words. How do I begin to tell people what they need to know about this book?

It's a rocky faith journey, it's a less-than-perfect advocacy journey, it's a sometimes hellish parenting journey. It's an everywoman story I guess. While the Christian market wanted to sanitize the book and even take out words like "butt", the general market didn't think it racy enough and most wanted the faith portion taken out. So, if I'm bastardized by both groups, where do I fall? Do I fall with everyone else who is trying to muddle through a life unexpected?

We're all tiny little shipwrecks on the rocks, foundering, waiting for rescue. Okay, some of us are big honkin' steamer ships that sank when we hit the icebergs of disability. For the most part, we're everyday people, trying to make sense out of something that doesn't come close to reason.

I hope the book does well. It's about Ryan and I. His story, my story, our story. I also gave pragmatic ideas on coping with stress. Ever hear of autogenics? You will. At any rate. It's the book I wish I would have had when Ryan was younger. Someone to tell me it's okay. You're not alone, you don't have to be perfect ... more importantly, no one else is perfect either, no matter how "in control" they look.

Take care of you today. I'll publish a writing tip each month. It'll be on the side bar to your right. I don't know what you call it in blog speak but it's a sidebar in the writing world.

Welcome to my writing blog!

Welcome to the writing site of Karen J. Olson,

I'm glad you stopped by. This blog is for all thing writing and for my writing endeavors. It is not an e-zine but a blog where I talk about the writing life.

It's a solitary life. Without a community of writers to connect with you will begin to stay in your own head too much, you know? Makes a nut out of the sanest of us.




Join me, as I blog each day about writing.

Glad to have you aboard my little blog boat!
Much love and joy,
Karen