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Margie Did It!

NewsJuly 1, 2016612Views0Likes1Comment
Congratulations to Margie Carter Woods of Pass Christian, Mississippi! She finished her memoir, Welcome to My World: Won’t You Come On In, and now, her family members are planning a big party to celebrate her success. For many, sometimes long, months, Margie wrote, edited, and rewrote stories of growing up in Florida, living in exotic places…

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Writing Detail and Description

NewsJuly 1, 20160Views0Likes0Comments
Next up in the See It Through! series of coaching programs is Writing Detail and Description, and you won’t want to miss this one. Making your text more specific and sensual is, hands down, the easiest way to improve your writing, and once you know a systematic way of doing it, you’ll light your…

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Trim the Fat

NewsJuly 1, 2016688Views0Likes2Comments
In his book, Getting the Words Right, Theodore Cheney says, “Seventy-five percent of all revision is eliminating words already written; the remaining twenty-five percent is improving the words that remain.” That’s a lot of words. What is Cheney talking about? We don’t set out to fill our writing with empty words, so what are these hollow…

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Let’s Dance

NewsJuly 1, 2016816Views0Likes2Comments
Was dancing a part of your growing up years? What did you like about dancing? What were some of your favorite songs of styles of music to dance to? Where did you dance? Did you dance at house parties, sock hops, teenage centers? How good of a dancer were you? Where did you learn to…

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Show, Tell, Write

NewsJuly 1, 2016615Views0Likes2Comments
Wow, what a night! The first ever Show, Tell, Write kicked off with a bang Tuesday, June 28th. Nineteen people brought cherished possessions and shared the items and the stories behind them to an enthusiastic audience at Infusion Tea in College Park. Show, Tell, Write meets every month on the third Tuesday of the month starting in…

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The Writer’s Diet

NewsMay 24, 2016795Views0Likes0Comments
If you'd like to energize your writing and are eager to take the test I discussed above, you may want to take a look at the book The Writer's Diet: A Guide to Fit Prose by Helen Sword. Sword specializes in enlivening the often monotonous, pompous, and dry world of academic writing, but writers of any genre might benefit…

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Show, Tell, Write

NewsMay 24, 2016755Views0Likes1Comment
Remember when you were in first grade, and you brought a treasure to school to share in show and tell? That was loads of fun, so why should such a great time be available only to kids? Welcome to show and tell for big people, with a twist. Join the fun at Show, Tell, Write …

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Editing Tip – May 2016

NewsMay 24, 2016557Views0Likes0Comments
What do you do when you’re not sure if you should double the last letter when adding a suffix like ed or ing? Is it canceled or cancelled? Commited or committed? Traveling or travelling? English has a general rule, or should I say, multiple rules for this: If a one-syllable word ends in a consonant followed by…

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Are you flabby or fit?

NewsMay 24, 2016944Views0Likes0Comments
Not you personally. I mean, your writing. Last week, Daily Writing Tips, a site I rely on for useful and interesting writing info, featured a book and corresponding website called The Writer’s Diet: A Guide to Fit Prose by Helen Sword, which I found intriguing. (See article in this newsletter for more information about the book…

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