At her Harvard commencement speech, “Harry Potter” author JK Rowling offers some powerful, heartening advice to dreamers and overachievers, including one hard-won lesson that she deems “worth more than any qualification I ever earned.” I was so impressed with JK Rowling’s speech, as presented on TED, that I had to share it with you. It is 20 minutes well […]
For Writers
Writing Tip / Morning Paper
Here’s guest-blogger Dorothy Ann Skarles with a writing tip for generating a scene. When I think of writing a novel, I read the morning newspaper to help me generate and explore quirky ideas, so I can make my characters a little different from the run-of-the mill. It is where my imagination searches for an idea, big or small, […]
Versatile Blogger Award
Rosi Hollinbeck, at The Write Stuff, just awarded me the Versatile Blogger Award. She said she learns a lot from my blog about blogging and writing. This is such a compliment, because that’s one of my main purposes here at Enter the Between, to share what I’ve learned so far about blogging and in my ten-plus years of […]
6 Ways to Add Vibrant Partnerships to your Author Platform
The big lesson that I learned from Janet Conner’s sixth Plug In class, How to Build Your Author Platform, is:Writers need vibrant, creative partnerships. I’m sure you’ve heard before that an author platform is mandatory to your publishing career. You’ve also heard that in building a platform you need to blog, social network, and use video sites. In […]
The Power of Words
I’ve always known that words have power. I’m a writer after all. But I don’t always apply what I know. With the titles of my blog posts, for instance. What a difference a title can make. More importantly, words have power as we use them every day; with our friends and co-workers, with our family, and with the people […]
The Spaces In Between Us
A friend, recently introduced me to award winning singer/songwriters Jan Garett and JD Martin because she thought their song, The Spaces In Between Us, weaved perfectly with the theme of my blog, Enter the Between. When I heard the song for myself, I said, “Yes. Yes. Yes.” For over a year, I’ve been trying to articulate the spirit […]
