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Poetry and Play

Love to Write, NewsMarch 22, 2018958Views 0Likes 4Comments

Yesterday was World Poetry Day. Do you ever write poetry? I know that I'm no poet. I once took a piece of my descriptive writing and removed all the extra words in an attempt to write a poem. It was not a success. I don't read much poetry, either, but I should. It's a good exercise. I…

Writing Prompt: What’s Your Story?

Love to Write, NewsMarch 16, 2018965Views 0Likes 2Comments

Maya Angelou once said, "There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you." Don't let that happen to you. Tell your story. You know the one I'm talking about. It's the story that taps you on the shoulder and whispers in your ear. It's the one that nags and pesters you. It's the…

For the Love of Story

Love to Write, NewsMarch 16, 2018915Views 0Likes 0Comments

Everyone loves a great story. A story is even better when someone with spunk, humor, and heart tells it. Writing Your Life’s own Cheryl Floyd has been selected to participate in this year’s Florida Storytelling Festival held in Mount Dora, April 12-15, 2018. You won’t want to miss Cheryl’s Fringe debut on Friday, April 13th…

Writing Prompt: Is Time on Your Side?

Love to Write, NewsMarch 8, 20181KViews 0Likes 2Comments

I have been thinking about time more and more as I age and as I watch my parents age. Looking up quotes about time, there were too many great ones to share them all. As Virgil once wrote, "Time passes irrevocably." Golda Meir said, "I must govern the clock, not be governed by it." We waste time. We race the clock. We…

A Beautiful Morning

Love to Write, NewsMarch 1, 2018856Views 0Likes 2Comments

Just last August at the Florida Authors and Publishers (FAPA) conference, I met Ashley Ellington Brown who told me about an exciting book she had in the works. Seven months later, voila--here it is! I’m thrilled to introduce you to Ashley and her newly published book, A Beautiful Morning. Ashley lives in Florida with her husband…

Webinar, Program, and a Special Discount

Love to Write, NewsMarch 1, 2018432Views 0Likes 0Comments

Last Thursday night, I gave my Electronic Editing Tools Webinar given through the Association of Publishers for Special Sales. You may have missed it Thursday, but that's ok, because there is a video recording available to watch at home. Discover a variety of free or inexpensive electronic tools designed to root out typos, overused words and phrases, redundant sentence…

Random Acts of Kindness Week Writing Prompt

Love to Write, NewsFebruary 22, 20183KViews 0Likes 6Comments

“Be the reason someone believes in the goodness of people,” writes self-help author Karen Salmansohn. Isn’t that an inspiring and beautiful challenge? Lately, it feels like we are a cynical, hardened people. I want and need to believe in the goodness of people. Don't you? In honor of Random Acts of Kindness Week, February 11th-17th, 2018, I'd…

Writing Prompt: Your Love Story

Love to Write, NewsFebruary 15, 2018558Views 0Likes 1Comment

This week’s newsletter is all about love and how that love manifests into stories told and memories made. In honor of the day, why don’t you tell us your love story? You can interpret that any way you’d like. You can write about a spouse, a child, a parent, or a pet. You could write about…

Congratulations, John Mitchell

Love to Write, NewsFebruary 15, 2018980Views 0Likes 0Comments

I would like to congratulate newly-published Captain John B. Mitchell, Jr., US (Ret.) author of Seven Ships. Seven Ships recounts Mitchell’s journey from the farm to the sea, from midshipman to captain, from the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland to the decks of warships and aircraft carriers. In the picture to the right, John proudly…

Art as a Pathway

Love to Write, NewsFebruary 8, 2018475Views 0Likes 0Comments

I have so enjoyed the first two sessions of Writing in the Galleries, a program at Orlando Museum of Art with my friend and mentor Lezlie Laws. I've enjoyed them so much, in fact, that I'll be teaching my own series of four sessions in the fall called Art as a Pathway to Memory, tentatively scheduled for September…