Just One
The video below is nearly a year old, but that’s okay. I’ve been spending time thinking about teaching the love of writing, especially after taking over the Clarksville Writers Group. This video is one reason why I feel any time spent instilling the love of writing is never time wasted. I found the video originally [...]
So Not Me…I Think
I am in a whimsical mood today. You’ve been warned. Monday I wrote about writing genres I never thought I would write.
You see, I thought I mostly wrote this:
and certainly this (link due to artwork being fully copyrighted) and of course I wrote a lot of this:
but then I wrote one of these, those, and [...]
New Reverence
I don’t remember the library being this noisy. Not the libraries of my youth, the school libraries, or the ones I’ve been privileged to frequent as an adult. If the stern librarian was replaced, I never noticed. Even the Community College library where I once worked was quiet.
Perhaps this is a normal day here, or [...]
We are Book People
I’m sitting in the middle of my local public library, gazing around. From small children to the elderly and everything in between, these rooms are full of book people–readers, word lovers, educators, students, story seekers and idea chasers.
I can’t help but wonder how many have put pen to paper, spinning their own stories or setting [...]
Baring My Soul – A Personal Essay on Writing
I’m taking a bit of a risk, today, and posting a personal essay with personal thoughts.
What do you do if you don’t like your voice, or find your voice puts you at odds with the writing style popular right now? Or, if you do like your voice, what happens if no one else does?
My voice, [...]
