Hey, guys, I just spent the entire day trying to develop video for this blog. Guess what? That’s right. So let’s talk about how my experiment with video mimics the experience of writing fiction: It always seems like such a good idea at the time. Who has not begun a… Read more“10 Ways Writing Fiction is Like Performing for a Camera”
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Celebrating New Year’s Day 2012
A writer falls over a cliff and is clinging helplessly to a vine while two editors crouch on the edge, shouting advice. Suddenly the writer sees the most beautiful strawberry in the world just out of reach. “Reach for it!” cries the first editor. “A perfect thing is worth the… Read more“Celebrating New Year’s Day 2012”
Top 20 Blog for Writers 2012
Remember when I told you the whole story about how you got me voted one of the Top 10 Blogs for Writers 2010-2011? All the drama and excitement and how I copied all your nominations out to post over my desk so I could read them every single day? And… Read more“Top 20 Blog for Writers 2012”
How to Find Community through Writing
We’ve arrived at the Winter Solstice, which is the holiday we celebrate at our house. We’re pretty tired of the dark by the time the sun gets to the end of its tether every year, and we’re pretty darn excited about sunlight coming back into our lives again. It takes… Read more“How to Find Community through Writing”
How to Find the Meaning of Life through Writing
At our house, we call this week between the holiday and the New Year “time out of time.” It’s our annual step outside the tide of daily struggle and strife to stop and think and search again for the peace in our lives. In the same vein, we’ve been talking… Read more“How to Find the Meaning of Life through Writing”
How to Find Gratitude through Writing
Last week we found Joy & Fulfillment through Writing. And it was good. So this week let’s respond to that joy & fulfillment. Because everything about being writers is about cause-&-effect, even living the life. Let’s be grateful. Recognize the source. Sometimes it’s the littlest things. I know I’ve mentioned… Read more“How to Find Gratitude through Writing”
How to Find Joy & Fulfillment through Writing
I’m not here this month—December is my month to go offline every year and watch my son grow up. I really don’t have any time to lose. So I’ll be blogging in absentia a series of posts on how to find everything you need through the craft of writing, this… Read more“How to Find Joy & Fulfillment through Writing”
Top 10 Blogs for Writers Contest
Hey, everyone! I have a story to tell today. This time last year a reader notified me of a contest going on over on Write to Done. They were soliciting nominations for the Top 10 Blogs for Writers of 2010. I said, “You want to?” and you guys said, “Sure!”… Read more“Top 10 Blogs for Writers Contest”
Doot, doot, doot—Being interviewed on The Creative Penn
I know I mentioned this the day Joanna put it up on YouTube, but I’m going to mention it again because today she’s putting it up on her blog, The Creative Penn. Joanna Penn has interviewed me on video! Go visit her! She’s providing a written explication of the points… Read more“<em>Doot, doot, doot</em>—Being interviewed on The Creative Penn”
Using Character to Fuel Momentum: guest post on Tartitude
Jan O’Hara recently made Twitter history by starting the #FreetheRealPorter movement about my recent interviewee Porter Anderson. She also stood up for my lace curtains, because of course all the right people understand about lace curtains. She’s the voice of the Unpublished Writer on Writer Unboxed, secretly a family physician… Read more“Using Character to Fuel Momentum: guest post on Tartitude”