Why choose a writing retreat? It’s all about what it feels like to unplug from daily routines, the demands and expectations, and letting your creative self be the focus of …
Sizzling Writer-Editor Relationships
This post invites you to consider building a relationship with your manuscript editor before you send your rough draft off to be polished. Just as there are “plenty of fish”, …
Getting The Most From Your Relationship With An Editor
In honor of Valentine’s day, I’ve been thinking about nurturing relationships. There are different levels of relationship involved in writing, from beginning with one’s choice to commit words to paper, …
Moving From Fresh Writing To Revision
There are basically three stages of writing: Fresh Writing, Revising, and Polishing. It’s important to know what stage you’re at, so your writing can continue to flow with ease. If …
Creative Celebration
In keeping with welcoming the New Year, the topic for this post is Celebrating. Yes, that’s right. Celebrating. Many creative people I know miss this very important step in their …
Choosing Your Word For The Year
“If you don’t choose a word for guidance, you end up with chaos.” That may not have been my mentor’s exact words, but that’s what I remember hearing several years …
What It Feels Like To Be On Retreat
Why choose a writing retreat? It’s all about what it feels like to unplug from daily routines, the demands and expectations, and letting your creative self be the focus of …
What if it could be Easy?
I often choose poems by Mary Oliver to use as writing prompts in my classes. Last week I chose Hallelujah, from her book, Evidence. In this poem there’s a phrase: …
Impact with Brevity
One of my writing mentors taught a technique she called “Pruning the Deadwood” as an editing tool. “What is “deadwood?” you might be asking. It’s anything that distracts from your …
The Power Of Memoir
Have you been feeling a desire to start writing your memoir, to share adventures and misadventures you’ve had along the way? You may be wondering, “How do I begin?” Start …