You know the feeling. You show up to your writing table at the appointed time. You have a steaming cup of coffee or tea ready to assist you with the flow of words onto the page. Your writing tools are present and accounted for. You’re ready to write.
Then, nothing. Silence. No happy hum of…
I’m a crier. Anyone who has been around me for a bit knows that. When something touches my heart, my eyes fill with tears, and I start looking for a tissue. All of my students are well acquainted with this trait of mine, and two of them, Sue and June, even bought me a large…
On Thursday, September 20th at 7:00 p.m., come learn everything you ever wanted to know about the Writing the Waves cruise. The travel agent organizing our trip on Royal Caribbean's Freedom of the Seas will be on hand to tell us about the ship, its ports of call, travel arrangements and so forth, and I'll…
Set aside Sunday, October 21st for an excursion to inspect Royal Caribbean's Freedom of the Seas at Port Canaveral. A motor coach will pick us up in Orlando and drive us to the ship where a Royal Caribbean representative will meet us and give us a tour of this wonderful vessel.
Next, we'll enjoy a…
Get started writing the stories of your life or brush up on the basics in this fun, hands-on workshop.
Learn some of the many approaches to writing your life story, how to retrieve long-forgotten memories, painlessly organize your stories, tell an anecdote in an interesting and creative way, edit and polish your work and so…
At a writing workshop recently, I gave class members a prompt titled “That’s Beautiful.”
For the next three minutes, make a list of what you consider beautiful. Don’t write complete sentences. Jot down a couple of words that state what you consider beautiful. Write as quickly as you can. Focus on the quantity of material,…
This morning as I sit to write this article, I’m aggravated, frustrated, annoyed. For our purposes here, the cause doesn’t matter, and I’ll get over it soon. The situation has a solution, and it will work itself out, but in the meantime, my insides are churned up.
Emotions of all types—ones…
I was born in New Jersey and graduated from Rollins College with a degree in English Literature. Always infatuated with radio, I spent the next year at Chapel Hill immersed in the U.N.C. Radio Department where I met my first husband. This marriage ended in divorce but not before the birth of my wonderful daughter. …
This beach chair has your name on it!
Claim it and learn everything you ever wanted to know about the Writing the Waves cruise which leaves out of Port Canaveral on Royal Caribbean's Freedom of the Seas next spring.
Join us Thursday, September 20th at 7:00 p.m. at the Marks Street Recreational Center as Pat Coamey, owner of Group…
Can I book my cruise online?
Sorry, no you cannot. To be a part of the Writing the Waves group and the writing program, you have to book through Group Travel Specialists, Inc. in Kissimmee. They have secured special pricing and have a block of rooms reserved for participants in the Writing the Waves program…