CREATIVE INSPIRATION CAN COME from anywhere. It’s all around you, though most of us are too busy worrying, planning, texting, phoning or talking to notice. The human propensity for missing inspiration … [Read more...] about Creative Inspiration? Look Around
Writing Memoir? Trust, But Verify
"TRUST, BUT VERIFY." Reading those words, I simply smiled from earring to earring. Such good advice. Such good advice for writers of memoir, whose inclination is to think that what they feel is true, … [Read more...] about Writing Memoir? Trust, But Verify
Book Giveaway & Interview with Jeff Goins
TALKING TO JEFF GOINS, the word “comfortable” frequently comes up. He uses it, and I’m feeling a distinct sense of comfort as we breeze through a recent phone conversation. It’s odd, since the subject … [Read more...] about Book Giveaway & Interview with Jeff Goins
Knitting + Memoir = New Friends
FEW THINGS BEAT a great conversation. But a great conversation about both writing and knitting, well, that beats all. And that is just what I got to have last week with a new friend named Brian … [Read more...] about Knitting + Memoir = New Friends
Writing Memoir Using Nature’s Calendar
YOUR BLOG AWAITS. You write about your life. In other words, you write what you know. But right now you feel like you don't know much. What to do? … [Read more...] about Writing Memoir Using Nature’s Calendar
Writing Memoir by Making Lists: It’s as Easy as One, Two, Three
LISTS ARE THE NEW BACON. Or the new black. Or the new fill-in-the-blank however you like. I write them, I read them, I encourage others to do the same. Writing memoir by making lists is a gas. Yes, … [Read more...] about Writing Memoir by Making Lists: It’s as Easy as One, Two, Three
