Irving Naxon, the inventor of the crockpot, once revealed the inspiration behind his invention. His grandmother grew up in a small village in Lithuania. Each Friday, her mother would send...
If you are in the same age group as me, then the chances are you have ditched writing by hand in favor of typing. And if you are a millennial,...
Writing is a profession and like any other profession, you need to graduate from the school of writing. Randy Ingermanson, a novelist and the inventor of the Snowflake method wrote...
The art of slow writing
We are constantly living our lives in the fast lane. There is so much happening around us all that time that we have practically gone numb. We don’t feel anything,...
Your journal can be your most important tool as a writer.
The impulse to write is natural to many people, yet the demands of many public forms of writing can be inhibiting or even crushing. Writing a journal, on the other...
An open letter to anyone who thinks their writing is not good enough
Dear Writer, Let me start by telling you are not the only one. Every writer, at the start of their journey, thinks their writing is good enough. Some like me...
3 Habits of a freshman writer (and why you should concentrate on only these)
I wish someone had told me or better still, I had figured it out myself at the beginning of my writing journey, but it took me twenty-years of painful, frustrating,...
Why we write?
It is almost midday and the sky is dark. The thick layer of smoke from the coastal fires arrived last night and engulfed the city. Never to miss his walk,...
Each year, panic starts around this time of the year – only two months for the year to end. It is even more evident if you keep a daily diary...
Write about what?
When I was new to writing I had a question that puzzles every newbie writer. Write about what? Anne Lamott got asked this question a lot, and her advice to...
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