Category: How To and Tips
Finding the Inspiration to Write Part-Time
Given the wave of scary, depressing news, it’s often difficult to pick up the proverbial pen, regardless of whether you write for a living or do it part-time. I’m no exception. As my full-time job, I’m a product manager in the high tech industry, where I’ve held a wide range of software development and marketing […]
Inspired to Write by Inspiring Kids
A month ago, a friend shared home videos of her young daughter, born with cerebral palsy and wheelchair-bound, proudly walking on a treadmill. I replayed the video repeatedly. Watching every step, repeatedly. Her pride and joy shined in every movement. This little dazzling girl also plays special hockey. In another video, you can hear the […]
Editing and Revising–With Mindfulness
A term used for a particular stage in Buddhist meditation practice, Mindfulness is referred to as sati, a form of remembering, perhaps suggestive of “memoir” which also derives from “remembering”. In a state of Mindfulness, the meditating individual checks in with herself to just listen and see, in order to reconnect with her mind and […]
Writing As an Act of Resistance
The first poet I ever met in person was the singer/songwriter, Phil Ochs. I was in eighth grade and had been taking guitar lessons on Tuesdays after school with his sister Sonny for about a year when I arrived early one winter afternoon, and the famed troubadour answered her door. “Sonny’s not home yet,” he […]
Everyday Magic
One of the questions I get asked most often is where I get my ideas from. The response “everywhere” tends to be met with baffled bemusement. But as an urban fantasy author, my mind is forever straddling the thin line between magic and mundane. There are times when I’m completely oblivious to my surroundings, lost […]
Books Forward Launches Helpline To Assist Readers In Downloading Books
NEW ORLEANS, La. — With libraries and many bookstores closing physical locations for quarantine and Amazon suspending nonessential shipments, book lovers who prefer physical copies are faced with a dilemma of how to get their next great read. Not everyone is familiar with how to access ebooks and audiobooks, and figuring this out can […]
Gardening And Writing
I live on a smidge more than quarter of an acre, and over the years I have planted about ten trees, a dozen shrubs, countless perennials, herbs, vegetables, and fruits. Some of these gardening experiments turned out brilliantly – the wispy stick of a birch stuck in the ground the fall we moved in is […]
In Media Res: It’s Not Just Where The Story Starts
If you’re anything like me, the Latin phrase, In Media Res, brings back memories of dusty chalkboards and those uncomfortable chairs that had desks attached to them. You know, the ones you sat in a long (long) time ago while listening to your high school English teacher deconstruct literature. I’m the type of reader who loves […]
How to Write During a Pandemic By Tessa Wegert
I’ve been staring at my screen for a while now, struggling to concentrate on the task at hand. I know I’m not the only one. Whether you’re practicing social distancing, self-isolating, or in quarantine, no doubt your life has changed dramatically over the past few weeks. With daily routines disrupted, our minds wander rudderless as […]
MY ZEST FOR LIFE By Sylvia Broady
What keeps me young at heart? My handsome grandsons and my zest for life. And there is more. The secret ingredients are: my passion for writing, power of words, eternal youth, and affairs. These are just for starters. They make a delicious mixture, giving me the ability to transform into anyone I wish, and the […]
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