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Michelle Greysen is a professional freelance writer in southern Alberta,writing from the back office of Inktiques, her unique antique store. Her work can be read in mags nationally or at clips on www.GreysenInk.com

Latest Blog Posts

  • Michelle Greysen's poetry book now available ... on Sep 16, 2009

                                    ... is NOW available!    "In this poetry c...

  • Getting the thoughts to come ... on Apr 3, 2009

              Having a talent to write, a desire, a schedule, a plan, some tools, and a place to write is just the prep work to actually sitting down and starting the task at hand of writing. Writing is the th...

  • Inklings on Writing going to print! on Apr 3, 2009

    These inklings on writing have circled my desk and consumed my thoughts for a very long time. People often ask me writer-aspiring questions. Why do you write? How do you write? Can you teach me to write?  I first started putting down my answers...

  • Collecting the Ideas ... on May 26, 2008

    As writers we are naturally observing wonderful ideas all around us in our everyday. We see more colour, more humour, more description, more everything than do the non-creative types balancing our energy in the universe. So how does one get these...

  • The Commitment to Write ... on Apr 21, 2008

    If one is to write, really write, to a goal and a finished product not only does it take time and energy, it also takes commitment. Not a word people take seriously enough. It is more than being married to a project or on boards with a goal, it is a...

  • A Place to Write ... on Mar 17, 2008

    A writer is always writing even when there is no pen or paper in sight. In the grocery, driving, sitting at a movie, an evening out with friends, lying awake in the late hours or early morning, walking the dog, cooking a great meal, and just about ev...

  • The Passion of Writing ... on Feb 27, 2008

    Passion instils self-energy of unique qualities. To be passionate about whatever one does, be it writing, painting, cooking, accounting, engineering, or whatever the task, one has to be at one with the doing part of being. It is not simply enough to...