Bowling for Words – How the Number of Pins You Knock Down Might Just Be Related to Your Writing

The last time I bowled with people who were taller than three feet, and whose attention span lasted until their ball reached the end of the alley, I was eighteen. I was in Japan, the honored guest of a Lions Club hosting family, and — unbeknownst to me — temporary repository of their family’s dignity. This did not [...]

Kim Michele Richardson on Promotion, Reading Guides and Serving Community

I’ve heard from many of you that you found inspiration in last week’s interview with Kim Michele Richardson, author of The Unbreakable Child. Part 2 is up today on Writer Unboxed and continues in the previous tradition. Hope to see some of you there!

Designing the Ultimate Writer’s Retreat

After a week of distractions, Jan fantasizes about her ideal writing retreat.

If You Give the Tart an Ultimatum…

I don’t care for confrontation, but like any other creature run to ground, I will take on my assailant with tooth and fang, and toothy-fang, and citrus. So the other day, when I was offered conditional acceptance by a few of my readers, and an ultimatum, I was crushed. Never speak of floor wax, you say? Never [...]

Three Huzzahs from Tartitude

Three totally awesome things that pulled me out of my cold-induced misery.

The Real Reasons Why Housekeeping Matters

Sometimes you think you’re washing the area carpet, Because it’s funky after a winter of warming a black lab’s belly. Sometimes you would be wrong.

Goldilocks and the Three Mares

A moody, defiant, decision to write despite imperfect circumstances and the Imposter Syndrome.

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