Yesterday, I was talking long-distance to a 38 year old friend, the mother of two young children, who told me that this summer she revealed rather unexpectedly and compulsively, while visiti… Read More

I just came across Kay Porterfield's site on Living and the Creative Process. She says: The creative process is a powerful, transformative tool for healing our minds and bodies, our relation… Read More

STATEWIDE CONTEST FOR 14-19 YEAR-OLD NEW MEXICO WRITERSThe deadline for the Santa Fe Short Story Festival's writing contest for teens is coming up, August 3. I'm excited about the idea of th… Read More

It’s a strange new world today, that of webs and nets that are not only invisible to the naked eye, but that are morphing and being manipulated continuously by people most of us would… Read More

Recently, I was encouraging a friend who had lost momentum and confidence on a book length project. I suggested "fear of book" as the problem. For years I limited myself to magazine articles… Read More

In checking through a list of writing contest deadlines, I came across this statement: "The official deadline is April 15 (a date that Americans associate with painful submissions and making… Read More

Like every subject I am interested in I just discovered there is a confusing number of website related to play writing and teens. I thought I was feeling rusty when I facilitated a creative… Read More

I just stumbled (yes my usual mode of negotiating the Internet) on to a wonderful "blog" on writing for writers. Unlike my own, which acts as a tool of exploration of my own experiences as a… Read More

I read recently in a review of Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott, that she said that the very first thing she tells new students on the first day of a worksh… Read More

A friend from Marine-on-St. Croix, Jimmy Johnson, pointed out to me one spring about twenty-eight years ago, that this is a fuzzy time of year. Well, not exactly fuzzy! Maybe, he said blurry… Read More

A couple of weeks ago, I thought I'd publish a list of my favorite writing prompts in this blog. Out of curiousity, I Googled "writing prompts" and almost 3 million references popped up. Whe… Read More

I read an article from an internet news source in recent weeks about the arrest of a man who allegedly was trying to extort money from Oprah Winfrey by threatening the revelation of informat… Read More

I read an article from an internet news source in recent weeks about the arrest of a man who allegedly was trying to extort money from Oprah Winfrey by threatening the revelation of informat… Read More

I looked around this morning, just coming out of the self-induced fog of "the Holidays," to discover that not only are we on the eve of the next big commercial holiday, but that I have becom… Read More

Near Eyeries on the Beara Penninsula, South Cork, Ireland. Is it any wonder that owner, Sue Booth-Forbes' New Year's greeting was "May we all be in awe of silence in 2007."For more informat… Read More

New Mexico Culture Net sent out an interesting publicity release for Crane Bill's Books of Albuquerque. It was a call for entries for their upcoming desk-top note pad for artists. They are l… Read More

I was reminded about how widely writing prompts are used today in classrooms, writing workshops and on the net for writer's to access from there home computer, when I googled the phrase and… Read More

I know it seems like an old tired subject. Apparently, the president thought so when he didn't address it in his state of the union message. I am still seeing astonishing images in my mind b… Read More

In the southern Rockies we are looking at our 7th week-end snow storm in a row. The last few have been puny compared to the strength of the first few we experienced over the holidays. I've s… Read More

Today is my friend Jane's birthday. We celebrated a number of our birthdays together in Puerto Vallarta including her significant big five-0. Jane Perna died of breast cancer July 10, 2005… Read More

This morning I happened to catch the story of a beautiful grassroots effort of giving on the Sunday morning T.V. Show on the Hallmark Channel, titled Naomi's New Morning. Naomi Judd is the h… Read More

I guess the world knows that I have been recording the words most significant to my life from the Oprah Winfrey Show for going on 13 years. After digging through my old notebooks for those w… Read More

Trois Riviere Fiction Writers (TRFW) announces the opening of the Silver Sage Excellence in Writing Competition for 2007. "This is a chance to get your writing in front of professionals in t… Read More

BelleCora Workshops has been running a February sale on their website; 10% off if you register for any of their 2007 workshops, classes or tours during the month of February. That means ther… Read More

A recent mentor and friend in my long slog through a writing life is the inspirational Karen Blomain, whom I've mentioned here before. (Photo Credit © 2004, Michael Downend, ASMP) I att… Read More

A recent mentor and friend in my long slog through a writing life is the inspirational Karen Blomain, whom I've mentioned here before. (Photo Credit © 2004, Michael Downend, ASMP) I att… Read More

I had a relaxing and inspirational experience last June at Sue Booth Forbes wonderful facility in South Cork, Ireland, Anam Cara. She has just issued her 2007 Schedule of unique workshops. C… Read More