Hello,

Words: As writers words are it for us. They make magic but they are more than that aren’t they? For instance: Provenance, a great word. It’s defined as “the origin of source from which something comes.” Say it out loud, it weaves through your vocal cords and moves across your tongue like the world's greatest chocolate. Or say one of my favorites: aberrant, it sounds so important, special. Or antiquities, salivary, disturbance; words; we can think of thousands of them and many are our favorites; words; as writers they mean much more to us.

Finding the right word and fitting it in just the right place is a joy because doing so can make a world of difference in our story. I toil over words, sweat them, are afraid of approaching them sometimes because I need to be positive I’m choosing the right word because there can only be that right one for that part of the story and if I don’t have it, I’m done for. It’s amazing, maddening, a treasure hunt and the found treasure is a great story where every word counts, worth its weight in gold.

You love words, you love to write, keep at it because whether your stories are published or not, read by two million or two, the power is with you because you do the hard work, you do the creating with words alone and that makes it and you in a word: wonderful.

If you have any comments or suggestions, please e-mail me at: matwrite1@hotmail. com. I’ll love to hear from you.

Until next time, God willing,

Lori