Writing Exercise: Color List – Blue
Red, white and ____. You guessed it: In honor of Independence Day, the color of this month’s color list is blue. For the uninitiated, the idea here is to [...]
Red, white and ____. You guessed it: In honor of Independence Day, the color of this month’s color list is blue. For the uninitiated, the idea here is to [...]
Today is the 50th anniversary of Ernest Hemingway’s death. An article by Jeffrey Meyers in the Wall Street Journal on Hemingway’s literary achievement reminded me of that. He died, [...]
In honor of Father's Day, here are my six words on Dad: "Died too young. Found in pictures." Feel free to add yours!
Today I’m sharing with you the one piece of advice that was the key to me becoming a writer. Many years ago I took an online travel writing class [...]
Many years ago I took a writing class in which the instructor asked us to eavesdrop on a conversation in order to practice writing dialogue. One way to bring [...]
Since my color list for green was a success, I've decided to create, with your help, one color list each month. The idea remains to come up with nouns [...]
What words to use describe the sound of rain? We had terrific rains this morning in Chicago, the kind that darken the sky at eight in the morning. [...]
If you're ever looking for a break from dark and heavy memoirs and want to read one that is light yet literary; or if you wouldn’t mind spending time [...]
One of the challenges in writing evocative descriptions is getting the color just right. Making your reader see what you see will draw him or her into the scene, [...]
In all my years of studying memoir, I have read many how-to-write-memoir books but I only go back to these three. I'm also not a big believer in books [...]
Reading poetry is a wonderful way to infuse your mind with the beauty of words. For me April as National Poetry Month is a good reason to get back [...]
My Advanced Memoir Workshop students and I were fortunate enough to host Michael Steinberg, founding editor of the esteemed nonfiction journal Fourth Genre, and author, most recently, of Still [...]
Every story develops its own integrity. There are things that belong in it, and things that don’t. If you’ve worked on it for a while, it will take on [...]
For those of you whose New Year’s resolutions include getting published or publishing more: The first rule of the submission game is: don’t submit your writing just anywhere. Have [...]