Valerie J Runyan

Gospel of a Wordsmith Valerie J Runyan

Libraries, Newsstands, and Bookstores (physical and virtual) are places of worship for the wordsmith.

Legal pads and fountain pens, notepads and ballpoint pens, and note apps on your phone are the instruments used by the wordsmith.

Sitting in a coffee shop, walking the dog, standing in line, sitting at the bus stop walking around a shopping mall hiding (in a supply closet, a bathroom, or laundry room) are places where the gospel of the wordsmith is written.

Coffee, tea, or alcohol are the beverages where thoughts swim for the wordsmith.

Everything can be a distraction for the wordsmith, but nothing else can truly hold the rapt attention of the wordsmith.

With reverence, hope, resolve, and determination, we come to the altar of the blank page and write our offering.

We bask in the belief of our Muse and the exaltation that our words please the audience.

When we leave, we must have confidence that our form of prayer will reach far and wide so long as we share the Gospel of the Wordsmith.
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