Guest Post: Kim Suhr on Honoring Your Desire to Write

Kim Suhr is the director of Red Oak Writing in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She organizes Saturday workshops on craft and leads Roundtable Critique Groups–in person and now (I love this) online. Let distance no longer be a barrier to joining a group! She is author, editor, and champion of other writers, helping them see the gift in …

Smell: The Expressway to Memory

It’s nothing new to say our sense of smell is an expressway to memory. One whiff of black pavement on a hot day, and I am at Six Flags in the heat of summer during the late ’70’s. My dad worked a mile or two away, so he would drop my sisters and me off for the …

Blogging & Social Media: Twitter, Facebook, & Pinterest. Oh my!

Saturday’s workshop on Blogging & Social Media for Writers went well with only a few Power Point hiccups that can be blamed mostly on user error. Technology keeps us on our toes, doesn’t it? (I’m talking to you, computer gremlins, who took over my slide show and clicked NEXT when I said STAY). Aaaanyway…. Success …