Jumping into the YouTube pool with "Exploring for Story": New Adventures!
Several years ago, I was scheduled to teach my first Knoxville Writers’ Guild writing workshop. I had been teaching composition at local...
The Kingdom’s Full of Gold!
Years ago, I used to write a daily private blog about everyday incidents that happened to me. When I return to the entries now, I’m...
Find Momentum that Works by Creating Writing Habits
Like Facebook popups of memories from years past, I had a vision of a distant Fourth of July. I was nearing the end of my first novel,...
Stepping Up to Find Success in Your Writing Journey
Last (college) semester, Gold Medalist ice skater Scott Hamilton presented a nationwide college broadcast for students to hear his...
A Magical Dragon Shows Us the Way
Do you ever watch movies that you saw many years ago and fell in love with to see how they hold up and to relive the experience again?...
Finding Your Story Through Research and Imagination!
You’re probably not related to William Shakespeare, are you? So what does the Bard have to do with a genealogical research workshop and...
The 10-Minute Challenge: A Tool to Move You
Do you ever put off working on your writing project because you feel overwhelmed? And then you put it off for a longer period of time...
The Journey of Shoes
Recently when I was in Asheville, NC, for a business retreat, I saw a designed trail of human, pig, and turkey concrete footprints in the...
Don’t Be a Mushroom: Engage With the World!
Commercially, mushrooms are grown in the dark in controlled environments. It works well for these tasty, not to mention healthy, fungi,...
Saying Goodbye to the Circus
When the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus gave its last performance this week, I felt mixed emotions about the end of this...
