A popular feature which once appeared in daily newspapers was “Ripley’s Believe It or Not.” In an inked box about six-inches-square, interesting facts from around the globe were illustrated and summarized in succinct captions. The series still appears in a select group of newspapers. An example is shown above. (Copyrighted 2014 by Ripley Entertainment, Inc.)…
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Embrace the Darkness
Five years ago, after only a few months of living in Colorado, I realized I’d been suffering from Seasonal Affective Disorder, probably since middle school. Growing up in North Dakota, I spent the long, dark, dangerously cold months of winter indoors reading. My asthma was much worse back then, which meant I couldn’t play outside…
How to Find Pictures and Photos for Your Writer’s Blog
It seems there are two types of bloggers—those who focus on words to tell their story, and those who focus on pictures to tell their story. I’m definitely in the first camp. That doesn’t mean I don’t love images, photos, and artwork. I do, very much. I just usually think in words first, and then…
Writing Your Lost Loved Ones: Thoughts on Grief, Love, and Character
“If you write a doorway, pretty soon, someone you know is going to walk through it into your story.”
Writing Like I Read
My son was joking recently that he is addicted to sleeping (he and his wife have a new baby, which could partly account for this). My husband claimed his “addiction” is running. My reaction was immediate—my addiction is reading. Reading calms and de-stresses me. It takes me away from my worries. I escape them by…