Hi, I hope you've had a great week with lots of writing. And guess what? It's a long holiday weekend, at least here in the states. Surely you plan on using at least some of it to write? Of course you do. Here are some prompts from my Tumblr blog for your inspiration. #295 Two women […]
Join me and fellow writer and creative coach Terry Price as we teach a nine-hour, two-day workshop in one of my favorite places on earth, Nashville. The workshop will be held on Friday, May 1, from 6:30 to 9:30, and Saturday, May 2, 9:30 to 5:30 (with a long lunch break to give you time […]
Secrets of Publishing Stay tuned for information about a Portland workshop on publishing, coming this fall! Room to Write This beloved Nashville event is being resuscitated! Start your new year out right and join me, along with Terry Price and Janet Wallace, at the gorgeous Scarritt-Bennett center on January 7-10, 2016. Meals will be provided […]
So, as we all know, it is Nanowrimo, with many of us smack in the middle of scratching out 50,000 words this month. (I'm not doing it because I'm rewriting my novel but I'm cheering on everyone else who is writing!) The lovely people at Webeducator asked me a few questions about writing–in celebration of […]
It's been a tough summer, news-wise. I'm not going to name everything that's happened, because you're as aware of it as I am–likely over-aware. I've managed to keep my distance from most news stories. Not that I'm not empathetic, I am. But if I got worked up about every horrible news story I saw, I'd […]
Note: I grew up in the printing plant my father owned, and he had a whole stack of pads titled While You Were Out, with check boxes and lines to fill in about things that happened in his absence. I am going to be out for a few days at a wedding, so I thought […]
Emma Jean’s Bad Behavior At age 48 (43 according to her blog, Life, Full Tilt) best-selling novelist Emma Jean Sullivan has longed for a baby for years, but after she and her husband Peter are unable to conceive, she staunchly vows to become the standard bearer for all childless couples. And she succeeds spectacularly. Emma Jean’s […]
In the mood for a quick read? I’ve got just the thing for you–a short story! It’s called Blue Sky, and you can buy it on Amazon for just 99 cents. Read it while on the treadmill, while waiting for your duaghter’s gymnastic practice to end, or as you drum your fingers wishing that […]
I found this on Twitter, (thanks to this writer.) Enjoy! Explore more infographics like this one on the web's largest information design community – Visually.
I’m beyond excited to be returning to France to co-lead another workshop/retreat. We’ll spend a week in Pezenas, a lively city in the south of France, where we will write, eat French cheese and chocolate croissants, drink good wine and write some more. Interested in joining us? We’d love to have you, but spaces are […]
