By Mario Acevedo A recent questionnaire on Facebook asked to list fifteen authors that influenced you personally. I jotted down some names, then as I thought about it, kept revising the list. After I had posted the list I realized I had overlooked one of the authors. So I’ll start this edited list with him….
Category: General Interest
Those Little Bells
By Mark Stevens (This blog is a note to self. Thanks for letting me share.) I recently read a New Yorker profile of the writer Lydia Davis and I felt as if I’d entered a very calm, clear space. It’s a long piece, by Dana Goodyear, but it’s behind a paywall at the New Yorker…
Find Your Weirdness
By Julie Luek I’m almost fifty. There it is in black and white, a milestone in my life. My kids, 23 and 18, are flying the coop this year, out into the world to pursue their passions. My daughter, bless her heart, has inherited my creative passions and will pursue her love of music. She’s…
Have You Ever Considered Writing Nonfiction?
By Liesa Malik Gasp! As storytellers and novelists, the word “nonfiction” can sound very constraining. It conjures up all sorts of nasty images, like: Deadlines Pressure Talking to, or interviewing total strangers Taking notes when people talk too fast Maybe even boring topics to write about. But after over twenty years in marketing, and with…
Stay with the FLOW
By D A Gordon During the last twelve months I have edited, critiqued and judged a bunch of stories. This is partly due to the fact that I belong to five writing groups and I’m a contest judge. Because I’m a semi-retired English teacher and technical writer, I tend to scan for grammatical errors when…