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Developing Characters and Plots
Today, I attended a Zoom event sponsored by the South Carolina Writers Association, and I’m still pondering how slow I am to realize some things. But wait. I don’t want to get ahead of myself. The presentation, How to Write … Continue reading
Looking Back…and Ahead
I was once asked if my nickname had been Pollyanna as a child. It didn’t bother me. Isn’t it better to see the bright side of situations? And if there is no bright side, then isn’t it permissible to reframe … Continue reading
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Helping or Judging?
Have you ever come across the Chinese proverb about the palest ink being better than the best memory? The moment I heard it, I knew it was true, and I’ve have been jotting down observations, overheard conversations, and highlights from … Continue reading
A Matter of Perspective
Some people squawked about it. Isn’t that always the way? No matter how good the program is, there are always some folks who complain and whine about having to attend. Once there, sometimes they pipe down when they realize the … Continue reading
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Tagged gender equality, nonficiton, perspective, racism, social change
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Change or Die
Based on the prompting of Sarah Ban Breathnach’s Simple Abundance and the gratitude journal that accompanies it, I began a journal of my own about twenty years ago. Like Sarah (my friend June and I came to think of her … Continue reading
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Cholla or Magnolia?
About fifteen years ago, we had dinner guests whom I’d never seen before and will likely never see again. I remember them by something they discussed, a topic I’d never considered that much—the trees in the Palmetto State: their variety, … Continue reading
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Tagged environment, Landscape, nature writers, nonfiction, Terry Tempest Williams
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Twenty-three Books?
When I went to work at Central Carolina in 2002, I overheard a short conversation I’ve never forgotten. It was during that welcome back/orientation/registration period when faculty were freer to talk and exchange ideas. “So what’d you do this summer?” … Continue reading
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Stuck on a Story
“Maybe it’s. time for you to write some poetry,” my writer friend said. “Yeah, right,” I said, knowing full well that I have a snowball’s chance in you know where of writing a decent poem. She went on to say … Continue reading
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Addy’s Granddaughter
Good readers make good writers. At least that’s what I keep telling myself when I fail to work on a story or submit something I’ve already written. In my critique group, sometimes we talk about workshopping a piece to death, … Continue reading
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Tagged book reviews, books, Georgia Hunte, historical fiction, reading
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