Blogs I Follow
- SKYLARITY
- my five experts
- "Out of My Head" - and onto the page
- Milly Schmidt
- Niels Saunders
- Greedy Gourmets
- MovieBabble
- Awesome Cute Animals
- RedheadedBooklover
- cccBlog
- 746 Books
- Laura Bruno Lilly
- Let's Reach Success
- architarai
- Bad Kitty Creative
- bluchickenninja.com
- A Writer's Path
- Karen Wilson_ Awaken
- A Guide For Your Career's Success
- Kipyang: 24-Strong
Tag Archives: books
Very Good
This morning our local writers’ group met at Books on Broad, a delightful independent bookstore and coffee shop, and as always I left the meeting motivated to finish some projects I’ve been working on. Before leaving the bookstore, I wandered … Continue reading
Posted in books, Camden Writers, courage, family histories, reading, Uncategorized, words, writing, writing critiques, writing groups
Tagged Anne Lamott, books, words, writing, writing groups
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What Are You Working On?
Critiquing behind us, someone at our writing group meeting asked what everyone was working on. I mentioned that I wrote a little something every day even if it was just jotting down a gratitude list or some observations on something … Continue reading
Posted in books, critique groups, nonfiction, readng, Uncategorized, writing, writing groups
Tagged books, J.D. Vance, Mary Antin, nonfiction, Peter Wohlleben, reading, wriitng
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Just-World Fallacy
This morning a Facebook post from June 4, 2011 popped up among my memories of that day and prompted this post. Have you ever wondered why good things happen to bad people, especially when the cheating, no-account, lazy, … Continue reading
Work-in-Progress
Anyone who’s read this blog on even a somewhat regular basis knows I’ve written a book about teaching community college students. Truthfully, the book is more of a project, a work-in-progess, since it’s still on my Mac awaiting edits. It … Continue reading
Enlightenment
I’ve been doing more reading than writing this week. What can I say? So many good books to read, so little time. And I’m trying to follow the advice of successful writers who say good readers make good writers. I … Continue reading
Posted in book reviews, books, readng, Uncategorized, writing life
Tagged book reviews, books, Marcus Borg, reading, writing
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Live Seasons
While a writer of Annie Dillard’s stature doesn’t need reviews the way our local writers’ group does (hint hint), people who ponder life’s mysteries and fleeting nature need to know more about her input on the subject. Now that I’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Annie Dillard, Annie Dillard, Chimney Rock, Uncategorized
Tagged Annie Dillard, book reviews, books, Chimney Rock, writing
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Emma’s Boost
In the years since retirement, I’ve read and listened to all sorts of advice about writing. Don’t use “it” so often. Show, don’t tell. Don’t be so thematically heavy-handed. Use said, not murmured or yelled. Make your dialogue realistic. Stay … Continue reading
Ramona and Alessandro
So many books, so little time. I don’t know when I first discovered the power of the written word. Not that I don’t like the oral tradition of story telling, but the written is special in that you can go … Continue reading
Posted in book reviews, books, reading, Uncategorized, writing
Tagged book reviews, books, culture, prejudice, reading, writing
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Do It Anyway
I’d been waiting for the bomb to drop. Not knowing who would be the first to criticize or question the Camden Writers’ latest anthology, What I Wish I Could Tell You, I felt on alert and anxious whenever anyone brought … Continue reading
Posted in books, Camden Writers, courage, fear, memoir, reading, Uncategorized, writers, writing groups, writing projects
Tagged anthologies, books, courage, criticism, fear, susan jeffers, writing groups
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