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Handwriting
I don’t know about you, but I still prefer to write some things by hand. Thank you notes, for example. Poems, as well. But when I sit down to write a story, I like to sit at my computer. In thinking...
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Keep Your Mind Fit
One way to exercise the mind is to write, of course, but there are other ways too. Read up. Not only does writing help improve your writing, but so can activities like these: 18 ways to educate...
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“This is Water” by David Foster Wallace
I have to encourage you all to read this. It’s incredible, and I don’t say that in a light way. We become miserable in our daily lives because we curse the repetition that keeps us stable and sane, and...
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Shel Silverstein: “Every Thing On It”
As I was driving to work yesterday morning, I heard a segment on NPR about Shel Silverstein, a poet who I adored when I was a kid. Shel started out with “The Giving Tree,” which many of you may...
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The Versatile Blogger Award
Thanks to Bardic Blogger (bardicblogger.wordpress.com) and Tammy Holloway (http://tammyholloway.wordpress.com/) I was nominated for the Versatile Blogger Award! Considering my blog hasn’t been around...
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Raymond Carver, A Small Good Thing
One of my favorite short story writers in college was Raymond Carver. We studied him in a creative writing class, and at the end of the semester, when everyone was selling back the books they were...
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Raymond Carver, Again
Since posting the first Raymond Carver story the other day, I’ve since decided to do week long “features” of short story writers. I’m choosing first from those that I enjoy, simply because this is my...
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Raymond Carver Interviews: Prose as Architecture
I’ve always believed writing is intensely personal – even if you’re writing fiction. Everything is rooted in your own mind and your own vision. That being said, I love reading author interviews to see...
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Interview with Melissa Crandall
Melissa Crandall is an author with tie-in novels and a self published fantasy under her belt. She’s also written a collection of short fiction. Here, she shares her experience. A Story Every Day: Can...
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Writing as Self Help
Many people view writing as self help, that’s not a secret. This is why so many people I know have journals. But what about when this so-called self help is public? I’ve mentioned before how much I...
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