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In my mother’s closet

Love to WriteJuly 30, 2012405Views 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…

Growing Bolder Interview

SpotlightJuly 22, 2012205Views 0Likes 0Comments

On Saturday, July 21, 2012, 3:00 p.m., I appeared on the Growing Bolder radio show on NPR 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 not about age; it's about attitude." In my…

Writing contests…help or hindrance?

Love to WriteJuly 22, 2012981Views 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…

To comma or not to comma…

Love to WriteJune 28, 2012518Views 0Likes 0Comments

I’ve never seen so much confusion, debate and misconception centered on one little item—the comma. Writing guides continue to produce pages and pages of text focused on how the comma should and should not be used. The problem is that outside the comma’s basic usage, none of the experts agree, so how do we as…

Growing Bolder

SpotlightJune 25, 2012147Views 0Likes 0Comments

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…

I feel so tense

Love to WriteJune 14, 2012322Views 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…

Recipe for a great story

Love to WriteJune 4, 2012858Views 0Likes 0Comments

At the grocery store on Friday, I found a recipe for bean soup, picked up all the ingredients—ham, turkey sausage, onion pinto and white beans, bay leaves, chicken broth—and headed for home. I chopped the onion and followed the instructions provided by the expert Publix chefs, and violà…a tasty lunch treat for Bob and me. That…