Typepad Outage
The Typepad data facility had a power outage this afternoon and nobody could access Typepad for a few hours. All seems well now. So, if you tried to get on earlier and were wondering what was going on…that’s the scoop.
I Won An Award!
This is the coolest thing ever–I won an award! As you can see it is the Schmooze Award and I got it from the amazing and wonderful Susanne at Sue’s Daily Photos, which you should check out immediately. Her photos of Key West will make you want to book a ticket there, today. The award […]
The Best Thing About Being A Writer
The August issue of O magazine has a special section on "Inside the Writer’s Mind," wherein they interview "six terrific novelists" about writing. The first question they ask is, "What’s the best thing about being a writer?" Jeffrey Eugenides , author of Middlesex, said that, "The best thing is also the worst thing. It’s that, […]
Writing: Critiquing Mayborne Manuscripts
I’m in the middle of critiquing book manuscripts for the Mayborn Conference on Literary Non-fiction (it has some long official name that I can never remember) which is in Dallas weekend after this one. The writer-in-residence and also doer of anything remotely related to the conference, George Getschow, asked me to come up with guidelines […]
Power Writing and Creativity Finale: The Last Three Keys
And so now it is Friday, and I’ve been on the go all day and I’m about to go to Happy Hour. But could I leave to drink a Martini without finishing up the series on creativity? No, I could not. So here are the last three keys. (You’ll find links to all the previous […]
Power Writing and Creativity 5: The Next Three Keys
Coming down the home stretch here with this series on creativity. This is part five. I’m going to provide the links to the first four parts at the end of this post. In part four, I talked about the power of momentum. Utilizing today’s first key is a great way to keep the momentum going. […]
BlogCatalog Community Organ Donation Awareness Campaign
Organ donation? I know, I know, it has nothing to do with writing. Unless you happen to be a writer in need of an organ, or perhaps a writer who is planning to donate an organ. Anyway, the reason I’m writing a post about organ donation is because the blogging directory and network BlogCatalog is […]
Writing: Good Article on MFA Programs
The latest issue of Atlantic magazine apparently has an article about the rise of MFA programs in this country and what it all means. Actually, it doesn’t tell us what it all means because nobody really knows what it all means. There seems to be much consternation around the idea that scads more people are […]
Power Writing and Creativity 4: The Next Three Keys
Happy Monday…and welcome to the next installment of my series on creativity. You can read Part One here, Part Two here, and Part Three here. So…Monday. Some people may have awakened this morning and groaned at the thought of another work week beginning. Others may be excited and happy at the thought. Hopefully you fall […]
Reasons Not To/To Write On A Hot Summer Saturday
To write or not to write on this beautiful day? Let me detail the pros and cons: 5 Reasons Not To Write on A Hot Summer Saturday 1. Because it’s hot, duh. 2. Because I want to go play. 3. Because I have an appointment with a trainer to kill, I mean coach, me at […]
