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568 articles published

Overcoming writer’s block

Love to WriteSeptember 17, 2012272Views 0Likes 0Comments

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…

The power of story

Love to WriteSeptember 3, 2012252Views 0Likes 0Comments

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…

Free Writing the Waves cruise presentation

CruiseAugust 26, 2012223Views 0Likes 0Comments

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…

Ship inspection of Royal Caribbean’s Freedom of the Seas

CruiseAugust 26, 2012322Views 0Likes 0Comments

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…

Write Your Life Story – The Basics

SpotlightAugust 26, 2012234Views 0Likes 0Comments

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…

That’s beautiful

SpotlightAugust 13, 2012207Views 0Likes 0Comments

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,…

Writing the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat

Love to WriteAugust 13, 20122KViews 0Likes 0Comments

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…

Look who’s cruisin’ with us

Cruise, CruisersJuly 30, 2012226Views 0Likes 0Comments

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. …

Everything you ever wanted to know about Writing the Waves

CruiseJuly 30, 2012303Views 0Likes 0Comments

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…