Lezlie Laws
Charlene Edge and I (and probably countless others) have published books today because of the inspiration and instruction provided by Lezlie Laws, retired professor of writing at Rollins College.
Even…
Charlene Edge
In 1993, feeling full of anxiety and trepidation, I wandered into a memoir writing class at Rollins College taught by Lezlie Laws. I had not written in more than…
As Thanksgiving Day approaches, I want to express my deep gratitude for the people, like you, with whom I come into contact while doing my work.
I feel fortunate to be…
Richard Blanco, the Winter Park Writers Festival speaker previously mentioned in this newsletter, is a presidential inauguration poet, award-winning author, memoirist, public speaker, a Cuban exile, civil engineer, and someone…
The 15th Annual Florida Writers Conference is right around the corner and, as always, will be jam-packed with workshops and panels, networking and shopping opportunities. I hope you’ll join me…
Last week, National Public Radio covered the story of the first woman and first African-American sworn in as librarian of Congress, Dr. Carla Hayden.
Dr. Hayden said one of her first…
Qualifiers are typically adverbs added to other words that modify the meaning, such as:
The dog was somewhat lazy.
In that sentence, somewhat is the qualifier because it gives the degree…
You may think you have to have great adventures or world-changing contributions to write your life story, but you don’t. Every story deserves to be written and represents a significant…
What do you do with all the boxes, folders, and mementos you have collected and protected? How do you turn the carefully compiled data and notes into family stories that…
John B. Mitchell Jr
John B. Mitchell Jr. grew up on a dairy farm in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina more than three hundred miles from the nearest…