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Make Writing Fun in 2013, day four

Love to WriteJanuary 3, 2013464Views 0Likes 0Comments

Welcome to day four of Make Writing Fun in 2013. So far, we’ve talked about good writing pens, writing with people, and writing in fun places. Today, we’ll concentrate on the fourth P, paper. Paper – When writing by hand, the type of paper you choose is important. Usually, the first question…

Make Writing Fun in 2013, day three

Love to WriteJanuary 2, 2013448Views 0Likes 0Comments

On Monday, we talked about how great pens make writing fun and can encourage us to want to write. Yesterday, we focused on not doing it alone. The buddy system works great when it comes to writing. Writing with others holds us accountable and stimulates our memories and imagination. Plus, it’s a great way to…

New Year Resolutions

SpotlightJanuary 2, 2013368Views 0Likes 0Comments

Well, it’s the year 2013, and we have to write about resolutions, those firm decisions we make at the start of each New Year. Yesterday, I heard about a holiday called Ditch New Year’s Resolutions Day, celebrated on January 17th, the most common date to give up commitments. The practice is common enough to have…

Make Writing Fun in 2013, day two

Love to WriteJanuary 1, 2013339Views 0Likes 0Comments

Happy New Year, and welcome to day two of Make Writing Fun in 2013. Yesterday, we talked about how important it is to have a pen you enjoy writing with, and I challenged you with the task of finding your perfect pen. Have you done that yet? Today, we’ll focus on the second…

Make Writing Fun in 2013, day one

Love to WriteDecember 31, 2012615Views 0Likes 0Comments

Let’s face it…we all have way too many things we have to do, tasks we consider chores. If we throw writing our life stories into that basket, we’ll never do it. Why would we? In order to get those all-important stories onto paper, we need to make writing fun, turn it into something we look…

Holiday memories

SpotlightDecember 26, 2012527Views 0Likes 0Comments

As we prepare to close the door on 2012, Christmas, Hanukkah and holidays, what moment from this season will you remember? Is it a happy moment or a sad one? Describe this instance in detail? Who does it involve? Where were you? What happened? What about this moment makes it so memorable? Set your timer…

These are a few of my favorite things

SpotlightDecember 19, 2012489Views 0Likes 0Comments

We all have our favorite things. These items need not be expensive or valuable in worldly terms, but to us, they are priceless. We can’t imagine living without them. They may remind us of wonderful days gone by, provide comfort or make us feel beautiful. So today, let’s write about a favorite thing from your childhood,…

Reclaiming a life…The Red Leather Diary by Lily Koppel

Love to WriteDecember 12, 2012856Views 0Likes 0Comments

What do you think it would feel like to be ninety-two years old when one day someone hands you back your teenaged self? That’s exactly what happened for Florence Wolfson Howitt in July 2006 when a New York Times reporter reunited Florence with the five-year journal she received as a gift for her fourteenth birthday…

The (holi)days we remember

SpotlightDecember 12, 2012494Views 0Likes 0Comments

After you marvel at today’s date—12-12-12, the last time we’ll have a repeating date like this until January 1, 2101—let’s turn our writing attention to the holidays. We’re in the middle of Hanukkah right now, and Christmas is only thirteen days away, so what are you doing to prepare for the festivities? Do you have…

Sick of being sick

SpotlightDecember 5, 20121KViews 0Likes 0Comments

I’m sick today, fighting a bad cold or flu or something. I say my husband gave it to me; he says I took it from him. Regardless, I feel crummy, so we are going to write about being sick today, not the in-the-hospital kind of sick but the not feeling well that interrupts your normal…