What a great night filled with interesting stories told by interesting people. The second Show, Tell, Write, sponsored jointly by Writing Your Life, Bookmark It bookstore, Infusion Tea, gave participants…
My friend Cory alerted me to an article in the Wall Street Journal I found intriguing. A newspaperman for more than fifty years in Haverhill, Massachusetts, wrote what he called…
Our English language is full of words that sound the same but have different meanings, words that are spelled the same but have different meanings, and just to confuse us…
You often hear me refer to DailyWritingTips.com as one of the best websites for accurate information on grammar, punctuation, spelling, usage, and vocabulary for starters. Now, you can watch the…
Did you enjoy the good fortune of having a female mentor, role model, coach, teacher, or someone who impacted your life in a significant way? If you did, a new…
Since I've already mentioned a WWII naval officer and this newsletter focuses on taking time to reflect on the details of one's life, Sailor and Fiddler: Reflections of a 100-Year-Old Author seemed like…
The easiest way to improve your writing tenfold rests in using detail and description. No problem, you say. I’ll just throw in a few extra adjectives and adverbs. Well, that’s…
Congratulations to ninety-six-year-old Bob von der Osten for writing the story of his military experience during World War II. Bob kept journals of his boot camp, training, ship-time, liberty, and…
The latest Writing Your Life program, Writing People and Places has me focused on, well, people and places. I haven't read Dimestore: A Writer's Life by Lee Smith yet, but it…
Congratulations to Margie Carter Woods of Pass Christian, Mississippi! She finished her memoir, Welcome to My World: Won’t You Come On In, and now, her family members are planning a…