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Oh the things I planned to write this summer. I cut my workload in May and had several weeks where I had no obligations to anyone. Finally, ...

And so we ride along the streets, immersed in stories. Who knows what the other people sitting at the traffic light are listening to—talk ...

I'm finishing up one of my writing/editing contracts today, which should give me more time for creative writing. One necessary part o...

I try to imagine what it would be like if I were to write a blog post and then, a few minutes later, walk out to get the mail and find m...

A few weeks ago, I began to dip into the book, The Artist's Way . In case you don't know it, it's a 12-week workbook for crea...

"I don't want to be somebody's sweetheart—I want to be somebody!" Denise declares to Sam in the fourth episode of "Th...

I haven't written much in the last couple of months, what with holiday planning and cooking, and all the concentrated work that was nece...

A couple of years ago, I wrote about how I got through the darker months of winter by listening to melancholy music . This year, I've...

During a lull at the library yesterday, I began to browse around for "best of" book lists for children, middle-schoolers and teens...

"Can you recommend a really good children's book?" I hear this at least once a shift when I am working as a substitute re...