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Growing Bolder

SpotlightJune 25, 2012555Views 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…

A great new editing tool

Love to WriteJune 25, 2012391Views 0Likes 0Comments

All writers have blind spots. We have our pets—favorite words, clichés, overused phrases, excessive adverbs—that we read right over when reviewing our stories. So, what’s the big deal? I love the word just. I can use just over and over again, and it sounds just fine to me. The problem is that the reader often trips…

Counting sheep

SpotlightJune 24, 2012461Views 0Likes 0Comments

Last week, a sleepless night got me to wondering what other people do when they can't sleep, so the Wednesday prompt asked just that. What do you do when you can’t sleep? How do you attempt to lull yourself back to sleep? What typically keeps you awake at night? How long does it take you to…

By my own hand…

Love to WriteJune 21, 2012594Views 0Likes 0Comments

Last week I attended a women’s luncheon in downtown Orlando and got to chatting with a lady about handwriting or longhand, as we used to call it. I thought of the long hours I spent in first and second grades, pencil in hand, putting marks on scratchy, lined paper. Then once the block letters were…

In honor of fathers everywhere…

Love to WriteJune 18, 2012586Views 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, 2012612Views 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…

What teachers make…

Love to WriteJune 11, 2012488Views 0Likes 0Comments

Everyone should have someone in his or her life like my husband Bob. He is my biggest fan, someone who believes in me and the importance of what I do more than I can even begin to grasp. He carries around my cards and books and is quick to share a story about my classes…

Go where the pain Is

Love to WriteJune 7, 2012507Views 0Likes 0Comments

Pain is defined as acute physical, mental or emotional distress or suffering, and it’s something each of us experiences. It’s universal. We all have the aches and pains of sore backs and joints that have supported us for a lifetime, the all-too-often hurts of unkind words and thoughtless acts, and many bear the invisible scars…

Recipe for a great story

Love to WriteJune 4, 20121KViews 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…

What do Jeannette Walls, Rick Bragg, J.T. Glisson and Tobias Wolff have in common?

Love to WriteMay 24, 2012512Views 0Likes 0Comments

What Jeannette Walls, Rick Bragg, Tobias Wolff and J.T. Glisson have in common is that they all have written best-selling memoirs that beautifully tell the stories of their lives. To this list, I could add at least a hundred or more titles of memoirs, which are engaging, well written, and so valuable to the aspiring…