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Writing the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat

Love to WriteAugust 13, 20123KViews 0Likes 0Comments

This morning as I sit to write this article, I’m aggravated, frustrated, annoyed. For our purposes here, the cause doesn’t matter, and I’ll get over it soon. The situation has a solution, and it will work itself out, but in the meantime, my insides are churned up. Emotions of all types—ones…

Full speed ahead

Cruise, CruisersAugust 13, 2012735Views 0Likes 0Comments

Preparation for the Writing the Waves cruise in May 2013 is traveling full speed ahead with people reserving their spots at the writing table and selecting from the best cabins available. Don’t miss the boat. (Sorry about all the nautical puns. I couldn’t help myself.) If you’d like to know more about the cruise and…

The Rosary

SpotlightAugust 6, 2012738Views 0Likes 0Comments

Last week in South Louisiana, I had a pleasant surprise when Mary Prudhomme came by to visit. Mary has been my parents’ next door neighbor for years. She and her husband Blue raised their two daughters, Chris and Sue, in the house down the street from our home. Once I moved to Florida, I didn’t see…

In my mother’s closet

Love to WriteJuly 30, 2012992Views 0Likes 0Comments

Bob and I are in South Louisiana visiting my parents and other family members this week. In the room where we’re staying, my mother has a large, walk-in closet which holds a lifetime of memories. Each piece on those shelves has a story, and the fact it has survived all these years confirms its importance…

Writing contests…help or hindrance?

Love to WriteJuly 22, 20121KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Becky McGregor is a Writing Your Life class member who has had great success writing and publishing her work. Last year, the Florida Writers Association accepted two of her stories for its 2011 anthology, Let’s Talk. Becky wrote a piece titled “Eight Wheels” in our spring 2012 class session, which will be published in this year’s…

Reasons to write

Love to WriteJuly 9, 2012718Views 0Likes 0Comments

At the First Saturday Writing Workshop a couple of days ago, I was reminded of the importance of writing our life stories in such a vivid way . I gave a prompt to write about one of the most unusual things the participants had ever seen in the sky. I expected big sightings—the aurora borealis,…

Writing the Waves Cruise

Cruise, SpotlightJuly 3, 20120Views 0Likes 0Comments

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…

New summer reads

SpotlightJuly 2, 2012459Views 0Likes 0Comments

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?…

In honor of fathers everywhere…

Love to WriteJune 18, 2012707Views 0Likes 0Comments

I wrote this article yesterday in honor of my dad, Clifton J. Charpentier, and fathers everywhere on the day reserved just for them. Our fathers come in all shapes and sizes, colors and temperaments. Some people have dads who don’t share the same DNA but are their fathers in the truest sense of the word.…

I feel so tense

Love to WriteJune 14, 2012741Views 0Likes 0Comments

I often do feel tense, but that’s not the type of tense I’m referring to now. I thought I’d spend some time talking about verb tenses today. Hang on…before you click to another page, read on. This might give you something to think about. Okay, let’s first do a short grammar lesson just so we all…

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Writing the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat

Full speed ahead

The Rosary

In my mother’s closet

Writing contests…help or hindrance?

Reasons to write

Writing the Waves Cruise

New summer reads

In honor of fathers everywhere…

I feel so tense

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