Where There’s a Will, There’s a Way. Brenda Krygowski is proof of that adage.
I first met Brenda last year at a Florida Writers Association mini-conference in Tampa. We talked after the…
Have you heard of The Mindset Lists? I find them fascinating and useful and wanted to share them with you. The Mindset Lists, created at Beloit College in 1998, record what…
I keep a running list of memoirs that look interesting to me. Writer, producer, and showrunner Shonda Rhime’s book, Year of Yes: How to Dance it Out, Stand in the…
Grammarly is a software program that claims to be “the world’s best online grammar checker.” While I do use Grammarly regularly in my business—in fact, they emailed me today and…
We could write this month about your favorite holiday gift, what surprised you the most about this holiday, or the best food you experienced at the holiday table, but let’s…
Attention, all you talented women writers out there. I have an opportunity for you.
The Women's National Book Association is currently accepting entries in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. The winning entry…
Speaking of traditions and family, I know many families who love to watch The Sound of Music every holiday season. Many of you are trying to write your own memoirs…
We have many punctuation marks in the English language, but we use a handful most every day. Quick, name them—period, comma, question mark, exclamation mark, colon, semicolon, single and double…
Congratulations to two of my clients—Lucille Ellson and Barbara Powell—for finishing their writing projects and having great books to show for their efforts.
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Floyd & Lucille Ellson
Lucille Ellson…
I follow writers like other people trail musicians. When I like a writer, I read everything he/she writes. Many times, I’ve emailed a favored author for guidance on writing for…