I received word last Friday that Eating an Elephant: Write Your Life One Bite at a Time is a finalist in the Global Ebook Awards competition. Yes! Winners will be announced in Santa Barbara, California on August 18th. Keep your fingers crossed for the elephant.
Join us for Writing the Waves as we write and travel aboard the beautiful Royal Caribbean ship, the Freedom of the Seas, on May 12 - 19, 2013.
The first night on board (Sunday), spend a little time getting to know your fellow writing companions before jumping into the workshops the next…
USA Today recently came out with its list of top summer reads. The staff picked their favorites in a multitude of genres including beach reads, thrillers, mystery and suspense, politics, memoirs, musicians, fiction favorites, paperbacks, womens fiction, literary fiction, nonfiction, sports, and young readers. Check out USA Today's top picks. What are you reading this summer?…
Save the date--Saturday, July 21, 2012, 3:00 p.m. On that Saturday, an interview I taped last week will air on the Growing Bolder radio show on NPR affiliate station, WMFE, 90.7 FM. Growing Bolder is a weekly show hosted by Marc Middleton and Bill Shafer that features "ordinary people in the pursue of extraordinary lives," people who believe "it's…
Last week, a sleepless night got me to wondering what other people do when they can't sleep, so the Wednesday prompt asked just that.
What do you do when you can’t sleep? How do you attempt to lull yourself back to sleep? What typically keeps you awake at night? How long does it take you to…
Have you heard about World Book Night? World Book Night happens on April 23rd of each year, and it's a celebration designed to spread a love of reading and books around the world. On that night, tens of thousands of people go out into their communities giving out free World Book Night paperbacks. I found out too…
Last Wednesday, I asked about summer jobs and activities when you were young, and you answered. Here's what you had to say.
Judi Graham - Before there were motels, people used boarding houses for their summer get-aways. When you rented a room in a boarding house it included food and entertainment, and for an extra fee,…