Feed Me, Seymour!
At a writing event this weekend, one of the speakers leading a breakout session mentioned his blog. He said, “A blog is like an animal–you must feed it.”True. To keep a blog alive, it needs food in the...
View ArticleWrite from the Heart
At the writers’ colloquium I attended last weekend, the one where Haven Kimmel brought the keynote message, I participated in a breakout session entitled “Writing from the Heart.” The workshop leader,...
View ArticleFeed Me (a Carrot), Seymour!
About a week ago I posted about blogs needing to be fed.A bit later, I shared my experience at a writing workshop called “Writing from the Heart,” where the leader recommended we find the convergence...
View ArticleBackwards WFMW: Blog-Definition
On the backwards edition of Works For Me Wednesday, I get to ask questions instead of offer tips. This blog first came about because of the book I’d written. My publisher suggested I start a blog back...
View ArticleBlogs, Comments, and Keeping Up the Conversation
It’s Works For Me Wednesday “backwards edition,” where I get to pose a question. I have several that are blog-specific about comment protocol: After you’ve left a comment on somebody’s blog, do you...
View Article10 Ways to Deal with Blogger's Block
Sometimes ideas are rumbling around in my brain’s gray matter, but I can’t seem to capture them and put them into words. When I try but can’t seem to compose a meaningful post for my readers, here are...
View ArticleBecause it is, after all, Awards Season
I am so grateful that this blog has been meaningful in some way to someone.If you scroll down the page, you’ll see that I’ve actually won something! I hardly ever win things–to illustrate, I entered...
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