For a quick-write in my Advanced Fiction Workshop class through UC Davis Extension, I was asked to write a paragraph using one long sentence. Yep, you got it. I was asked to write one big run-on sentence. I just so happened to have met Arnold Schwarzenegger that day, so decided to use that event for inspiration. […]
For Readers
Quick Keyword Magic
A quick word on keyword magic. Keywords are the words people type into a search box when they’re looking for something online. It’s important that you use keywords in your posts if you want to lead readers from search engines to your blog. Pay special attention to the words you use in your blog titles. Title words often weigh […]
Phil Bond on Why We Write
I’m happy to introduce Phil Bond as a returning guest on my blog. He was one of my critique partners for years and specializes in nonfiction and short stories. Today he wants to share his view on why we write. Phil wrote this essay on January 9, 2011, one day following the tragic shooting in Tucson on January 8, […]
Do Dogs Feel Grief? Coping Together
Dorothy Skarles continues her series on Bereavement, Memoir, and Expressing Oneself in Writing with a post about Dogs and Grief. Welcome friend. Do Dogs Feel Grief? Throughout the world many dedicated people own pets. The bereavement group is no exception. “I don’t think dogs grieve,” one woman said when the subject of grief for the family […]
Eating Chocolate and Losing Weight by Julie Anne Lindsey
Today, I’m proud to present guest blogger, Julie Anne Lindsey. Julie Anne Lindsey is a Midwestern wife, a homeschooling mother of 3, and an all around caffeine addict. She’s also an unpublished author blogging her journey to publication at Musings from the Slush Pile, where she shares writing tips, author interviews, personal experience, and opening chapters […]
Mourning Tears
Today guest blogger Dorothy Skarles, shares her thoughts on bereavement. Welcome Dorothy! Mourning Tears Going through a very old quotation book in prose and poetry from the greatest writers, ancient and modern, I spotted this verse written by Richard Monckton Milnes to Myrzha. “He who for love hath undergoneThe worst that can befall,Is happier thousandfoldThan on […]
