Monday’s Pen to Paper: Blog or No Blog?
Recently I had a fellow writer ask about blogging. They were trying to decide if they should blog. I wrangled with this idea myself when I first set up a website. I started out blogging on occasion and, as with many writers, I kept thinking, “Why am I doing this? Who really cares to read my blog?” And then I would fizzle out and my writing would stop. Finally, I had a little sit down with myself, and knowing that it would help my writing, I made a commitment to two blogs a week. And then I reminded myself that if just one person finds it helpful or enjoyable, it is worth it, and that keeps me on task.
So if writing a blog keeps you writing, follow your heart and blog!
WRITING PROMPT #1: Write your first blog now.
WRITING PROMPT #2: Write about your heart’s desire…
PeaceLoveBasketball Friday: Prep Work
Our first practice for the 2014-15 basketball season is one month from today! I’m so excited to get to the fun stuff…the coaching. I even like practices more than games…well now that I’m a coach, not when I was a player. But most of all, I just like to be on the court.
However, the prep work is just as important if you are a coach, or an athlete (or in life). As a coach, if I don’t have everything ready to roll for the season; schedules, school district paperwork, parent meeting packets, fundraising information, updated first-aid card, etc, it can make for a hectic year. As an athlete, if you don’t prep by getting in shape, it can make for a more difficult start to your season and can even contribute to injuries. Take care of your prep work. It isn’t alway fun, but it is a necessity.
On that note, I better get to work!
Monday’s Pen to Paper: Always Believe In You
Today I’m speaking at TEDxSpokane. I’ll be talking about believing in yourself, and how doing so has not always been easy for me, but has helped me to achieve goals and overcome obstacles in my lifetime.
In fact, when I got the call to be a part of the TEDx Conference, I had to remind MYSELF to believe, because public speaking scares me. I had to remind myself that I am capable of anything that I put my mind to. Well, maybe it’s too late for me to play professional basketball, but most anything…
When you come up against obstacles or have goals you’d like to achieve, remember always believe in you!
WRITING PROMPT: Write about a time that you didn’t believe in yourself. Write about a time that you did.
Meet Sonya
Meet Sonya
Sonya Elliott’s memoir, Back on the Court: A Young Woman’s Triumphant Return to Life, Love & Basketball, is her story of finding hope in the wake of tragedy after she and her fiancé were hit by a train. She blogs about writing, basketball, and life and is currently working on a Young Adult Novel and a Non-Fiction Coaching book. Stories of her career as a fashion model are woven through her memoir, as both the Soloflex and Easy Spirit Shoes commercials were filmed during that time period, and this unique and intriguing business continues to be a part of her life.
Sonya played basketball at Eastern Washington University and was a starter for the Big Sky Champion team that went to the 1987 NCAA tournament. She coached for almost 25 years and was voted Seattle Times Coach of the Year, Seattle Officials Women’s Basketball Association Coach of the Year, and twice voted Metro League Coach of the Year. She loves the game of basketball and is thankful, not only for her husband and kids but for her ability to continue to get back on the court.
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Monday’s Pen to Paper: Big Magic
Last week I had the pleasure of seeing Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear, speak at Benaroya Hall. It is alway helpful to hear that I’m not alone when it comes to the struggles of getting work done and when this information is followed up with thoughts on how to move forward in the writing journey, I am inspired and itching for my pen.
Ms. Gilbert’s idea of creativity and fear being a package deal makes sense. I have written a book and I know I can do it, but there is always this little something that works to drag me down in the process of writing another one, this fear perhaps that it can’t possibly happen again. It takes a lot of work to pull thousands of words together in a way that makes sense and that […]
PeaceLoveBasketball Friday: Get Ready for Basketball Season!
Basketball season is around the corner and for the first time in a long while I’m not preparing to coach, but instead preparing to watch. Simply watching is bound to keep me busy as I will be supporting my son and the boys basketball team, and of course I will be cheering on the high school girls team that I used to coach, and though I will miss being a part of their season as their coach, not coaching will also allow me to travel and watch my daughter who is playing basketball in college. I can’t wait!
If you’re a fan, parent, coach, or a player, here are some great basketball books to get you pumped up and ready for the season!
In These Girls, Hope is a Muscle (Memoir) by Madeleine Blais
Monday’s Pen to Paper: Guns – Know More. No More! – Be Heard
I was fortunate that my husband told me about the Umpqua College shootings last week (my daughter goes to college in Oregon), he saved me the moment of panic that he went through when he first got word that there had been another massacre at a college campus. What is happening in this country? Can we not see that loosing so many lives in this way is crazy?
The United States has more gun murders than other developed countries.
The United States has the highest rate of gun murders in a developed country and has had more mass shootings than days in 2015. These are frightening statistics. Of course I understand that there are many pieces of the puzzle, many issues involved when a person chooses to take another human beings life, let […]
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