Writing Practice Prescription

I offer you one big apology if you came to this blog today looking for any post made after June 1, 2008. It’s all gone–vanished in the thin, unknown atmosphere of the cyberspace universe.
I worked on another website two nights ago under the careful guidance of a GoDaddy help desk employee. Yesterday morning after attempting [...]

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Sam Horn posts this tip in a current issue of SpeakerNet News:
Tips for making the most out of Book Expo — Sam Horn

Are you going to Book Expo in Los Angeles this weekend (www.BookExpoAmerica.com) — the largest gathering of publishing industry professionals in the country? Want to know how to make the most of your [...]

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As a writer, you have already learned about the benefits of writing. You may have even have discovered that writing your work is only step one. The next task is to sell your work if you want to share your work with the world. Towards this end, I joined the National Speakers Association [...]

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The 2008 Writers Digest 101 Best Websites for Writers just arrived in my mailbox. I look forward to this list each year and find that I have some favorites that I follow, such as C. Hope Clark’s Funds for Writers. Having exchanged some emails with Hope in the past (she is a neat lady), I [...]

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When thinking about our current state of health care, I am reminded of a joke that one of my medical school classmates used to tell: “There was a little girl; who had a little curl right in the middle of her forehead; and when she was good, she was very, very good; and when she [...]

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My mantra of recent times has been, “Why pop a pill when you can get better with pen and paper?” Not always, of course, but often. Expressive and quick speed writing forces you into a state where thoughts begin to flow onto the paper–or computer screen should you write on the computer. (I do. I [...]

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Are you looking for a way to impart the knowledge you wish to pass along? Then consider writing a “mentor” book. These books take the reader on a journey where the protagonist finds a mentor who guides him or her through difficult life passages. Of interest to the fiction writer, “Meeting with the Mentor,” stage [...]

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Did you know that there’s more than one type of editor available to you for your nonfiction book writing? Indeed, six types of editors dot the landscape of nonfiction writing according to Barbara McNichol (pictured right).
Barbara, in a recent interview on the Laura Benjamin radio show, describes how each of these types of editors differ [...]

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This past Thursday, on April 24, 2008, ten attendees came to the Creekside Communications Seminar on WellWriting: Seeking Wellness, Story by Story. Feedback in the evaluation forms turned in at the end of the day reflects the success of the group and their participation.
Feedback highlights included comments such as “I learned that…”

“Writing is healing for [...]

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Five Simple Techniques for Surviving Information Overload
Productivity Consultant Shows You How to Find Anything in Your Office in 5 Seconds–Guarantees Results
In spite of the promise of the “paperless office,” studies predict there will be 50% more paper in offices by the end of 2005 than there was in 1995. Only 10% of the people in [...]

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