No Stories after Supper

August 12, 2010

On several of my grade school report cards, teachers cautioned my parents: Don’t tell her stories or read to her after dinner. Settle her down for bed. She gets riled up easily.   I think of that advice sometimes now, as I try to calm down after listening to the powerful stories my students write […]

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5 Reasons Why I Don’t Blog More Often

July 17, 2010

We’ve been making lists in my journal writing workshop these last two weeks: 1) Lists of things that give us energy (+) and rob us of energy (- ) 2) And lists of why 3) Lists of beliefs and superstitions our families held when we were growing up–overt and covert 4) Lists of beliefs we […]

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My Blog Has a New Address and a New Look

July 13, 2010

This is a sample post. Welcome to my new blog. Thanks for stopping by. On my Home Site, you can find information about me, my workshops and events, and past events. You can access my soon-to-be-old blog as well as read testimonials from my former and present clients. My goals–as a teacher, coach, and speaker–are […]

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Summer Writing Goals: Write Them Down!

June 13, 2010

I make one final request of all my students before we break for the summer: Write down your summer writing goals and send them to me.   When I have the entire workshops’ goals, I email them to everyone in the group.   “Print this out,” I suggest, “and post it by your computer.”   […]

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Questions Writers Ask

May 31, 2010

As an editor and writing coach, I am often asked questions like: Am I a good writer? Do I have potential? Do you think I can sell this piece to The New Yorker? This question will come up this week at the writing workshop I’m teaching in Doha, Qatar. Many of the fledgling writers here […]

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Pushing the Boundaries: Writing Deadline

May 25, 2010

Nothing like a deadline to get us all in gear. Here are some good summer dates that will keep us working and submitting–on our nonfiction essays. Three thousand words or fewer and the truth. I think you can do it.

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A Blog? A Website? What Does a Writer Need: When and Why

May 24, 2010

This is an excellent post about blogs and websites–when you need which and how to use both.

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12 Submission Possibilities

May 24, 2010

My students are always looking for good markets for their writing. Some of these publications sound interesting–definitely worth checking out: http://www.writersdigest.com/article/12-literary-journals-your-future-agent-is-reading

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Lost

May 24, 2010

I just lost a post. It was one of the best things I’ve ever written. Trust me. After some serious edits I published it. Voila! What appeared? The first draft. My honed piece? Gone. What!? So this is why my husband tells me to compose in a text editor, then cut and paste into the […]

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Lost

May 24, 2010

I just lost a post. It was one of the best things I’ve ever written. Trust me. After some serious edits I published it. Voila! What appeared? The first draft. My honed piece? Gone. What!? So this is why my husband tells me to compose in Word, then cut and paste into the blog. Sigh. […]

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