by Shari Shattuck | Nov 2, 2025 | Acting & Experiences, art, authors, beauty, Nature: Hiking, Wildlife & More, writers, writing
I love fall. It’s my favorite season, it always has been. The crisp days, the first fire, the color, the weather, the semi-relaxed days where we can wind down early because, well, it’s dark outside by 4. Some days, I just have to lie down in the leaves and...
by Shari Shattuck | May 25, 2024 | art, authors, beauty, children, creative inspiration, family, Life in General, writers, writing
There are days, lots of them, when things seem so much harder than they need to be, and then I am reminded of how much worse some people have it and against all odds they remain optimistic, positive, and deeply enamored of life. We all have moods and difficulties,...
by Shari | Feb 21, 2021 | America, authors, beauty, creating character, creative inspiration, depression, Entertainment, humor., Life in General, therapy, writers, writing
I find myself stuck in a kind of limbo, and I know I’m not alone. I want to write, to be creative, to offer love and support to others in greater need than myself during these tough times, but it seems there is little I can do to escape the sodden feeling of...
by Shari | Jun 4, 2016 | authors, creating character, creative inspiration, family, Life in General
I finished a draft of a new book and got it out to my agent this week, now he submits to publishers and we wait. This is always a strange limbo-time for me, when the book is picked up, I will go back to work on edits with the editor, about a six month process on and...
by Shari | Apr 3, 2016 | authors, beauty, Entertainment, Life in General
We call them goals. Those things we work toward and sometimes achieve. These ‘goals’ can be benchmark moments, work successes, projects finished, even amount of money made, and they can be good to have, but they are not now. What is now is everything in...
