Revision is probably the single most difficult thing a writer must do. Lynette M. Burrows calls it re-visioning and shares six lessons on how to re-vision your story.
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Can A Bad Hair Day Be A Good Thing?
Recently on Twitter, one of my WANA1011 classmates mentioned she’d gotten a new hairdo and how good that made her feel. A great haircut and color can do that. It’s invigorating. But a monstrously bad hairstyle? Well, sometimes a bad hair day can teach you a thing or two. CHANGE IS SCARY Shortly after I…… Continue reading Can A Bad Hair Day Be A Good Thing?
Alone for the Holidays
It’s Thanksgiving Day. There are many, many things for which I am grateful beyond words, but this isn’t a post about gratitude. Instead, it’s about being alone for the holidays. The holidays can be particularly stressful for those people who believe the holiday is about what should be done, for people who can not be…… Continue reading Alone for the Holidays
Will You Raise Your Hand?
I am proud to be an American. (Raise your hand if you’re proud, too). Americans are some of the most caring, most passionate, and most inventive people on the planet. However, we’ve also become a people obsessed with ‘doing.’ We brag about how busy we are as we pass one another and hurry off to…… Continue reading Will You Raise Your Hand?
Sometimes I Feel Like a Martian
For the past year or two, I have read a lot about how important it is to build an author’s platform. It seemed that everyone was doing it. Once again, I was out of step. But what was a platform? What was a blog? I felt like a Martian and needed an interpreter. So I decided…… Continue reading Sometimes I Feel Like a Martian