12/12/12 – Time Capsule of a Quiet Day
Inspired by Xanthe Berkeley's challenge on Shuttersisters to create a time capsule of 12/12/12, I decided to capture this ordinary day so that sometime in the future, maybe 20 years [...]
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Dec, 2012
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Nov, 2012
Guest Blog by Shirley Hershey Showalter: Writing About Faith
As announced last Monday, I am happy to welcome Shirley Hershey Showalter as a guest blogger today. We met in the online world last year; I was initially intrigued by [...]
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Jun, 2012
Guest Blog by Stephanie Springsteen: Writing in the Car or in Bed
Image by freepik As part of my current series on Moms Who Write, I am happy to welcome my longtime student Stephanie Springsteen. Her work has appeared [...]
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Jan, 2012
Dr. Seuss’s Creative Process
Today was the last day of the Dr. Seuss and the Art of Invention Exhibit at the Museum of Science & Industry. Thanks to my daughter, who purchased tickets [...]
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Nov, 2011
Why a Writers Residency is a Good Idea
The studios at VCCA are housed in the former barn complex. During my second time there, we had a terrific blizzard. This pictures shows the brilliant day after the [...]
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Nov, 2011
Reflections on the Value of a Writers’ Conference
On my fourth day back home from the writersandcritters conference in Sterling, VA, I am still exhausted. Writers conferences will do that to you, even a small and intimate [...]
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Jul, 2011
Hemingway on Writing: Stop When You Still Have Something to Say
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, [...]
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Jun, 2011
The Best Writing Advice I Ever Got
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 [...]
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Apr, 2011
Poem A Day
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 [...]