Marcy Simmons | WritersCafe.org http://slow.writerscafe.org/MARCY The original writings of author Marcy Simmons en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776050661 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 When parenting and writing collide writers woes!!! http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MARCY/443324/ My first published work in the beginning... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MARCY/443322/ Finding idwas to Write About  Finding ideas to write aboutBy Marcella Simmons      Ideas are everywhere. Just look at the people around you – there is something interesting or something dull or boring about every person you meet.     Your mom might be a pianist t.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MARCY/443321/ How I became a writer  How I became a writerBy Marcella Simmons When I was a little girl, I loved to write poems and short stories. I had a collection of my poems in a folder and during the summer months, I’d spend endless hours writing about the people around me. Reading was also a big part of my.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MARCY/443319/ Motherhood and Writing  When I first started writing professionally, there was little time to pursue my career because of family demands and pressures beyond my control. There was laundry, teacher/parent conferences, parties, homework, meals every day, one baby in diapers, one in training panties and the other into.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MARCY/443318/ The Importance of Observation  A writer needs to be observant of different types of people, places and things like it were a sixth sense. While everyone else is talking and chatting at the party, you need to be observing the … elderly lady who keeps touching the younger man sitting at the side of the room just with.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MARCY/443316/