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Cruise Ship Cabins

CruiseAugust 20, 2012646Views 0Likes 0Comments

Cruise ship cabins ain’t what they used to be It’s been twenty-five years since I’ve been on a cruise, and times have certainly changed. Back then, I paid extra for a cabin with a porthole and got an eight to twelve-inch glass window so thick I couldn’t see anything out of it. The many options for cabins now…

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, 2012579Views 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, 2012558Views 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, 2012825Views 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, 2012558Views 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, 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…

Creating a writing community

Love to WriteJuly 16, 2012383Views 0Likes 0Comments

Social media guru and Writing Your Life class member Penney Fox did a presentation on blogging last week to the Orlando chapter of the Florida Writers Association. She brought the house down and gave great information about how we can use blogging to promote ourselves as authors and sell more books. What struck me was the…

Improve your writing in a feedback group

Love to WriteJuly 12, 2012673Views 0Likes 0Comments

People sit around table. With pencil in hand and pages before them, they follow along as someone reads an excerpt from his or her life story. A discussion follows: I liked how you described this person. Your dialogue is well written. You might want to vary the structure of your sentences in this paragraph. I’d…

Reasons to write

Love to WriteJuly 9, 2012571Views 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,…

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Cruise Ship Cabins

Writing the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat

Full speed ahead

The Rosary

In my mother’s closet

Growing Bolder Interview

Writing contests…help or hindrance?

Improve your writing in a feedback group

Reasons to write

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