My class is done with for the semester, but I am finding that I have more than enough work to…
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Unexpected Effectiveness
Today in class we took turns reading excerpts from our portfolio essays. I didn’t read mine. I hadn’t had a…
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Dean Wesley Smith gives frequent advice on his blog to writers. And, the advice may sometimes seem repetitive. The same…
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Right now, most of my workout goals are centered around getting a strict pull up. And having that solid goal,…
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When I started feeling a bit under the weather on Saturday, it didn’t seem like much of a cold. My…
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This is the season of rest. The season when my husband and I take a break from our backpacking adventures…
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I guess the “Visualize Turn Signals” bumper sticker was a reaction to the “Visualize World Peace” bumper stickers, indicating, perhaps,…
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On Tuesday, before my Writing Creative Nonfiction class, I overheard a classmate talking about the writing that they’d done this…
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If the right thing were always the easy thing, then no one would ever choose to do wrong. But it’s…
Continue ReadingInspiration Everywhere
I keep up with reading the blog of Dean Wesley Smith. He writes about writing, and about the business of…
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