https://search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?p=elizabeth+strout+on+you+tube&ei=UTF-8&hspart=mozilla&hsimp=yhs-001 Hear Elizabeth Strout, Pulitzer Prize winning author, talk about her recent book, The Burgess Boys. I have read all of her books except this one. Abide with Me and Amy and Isabelle are my two favorites. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Olive Kitteridge. In this video, she talks about how and where she […]
Picasso and Procrastination
I chose Picasso’s painting called The Dream for this post’s image because we all have a dream of what we want to accomplish. During my writing class on Monday, we discussed writing goals for the next couple weeks while we have a break. I suggested to at least use the two hours a week that […]
Weather in Fiction Can Create Sensory Disadvantage
One of my Facebook friends,Cynthia Helen Beecher read my post, “Using Fog in Writing” and told me about Oregon author, James Boyle, who had a reading in Healdsburg recently. Fog is one of the characters in his trilogy. I became a FB friend with him and in our chat, he said “Fog is a nice […]
Writers' Prompt from Jack Heffron
The Writer’s Idea Book by Jack Heffron includes more than 800 prompts. I randomly opened the book to “Chapter Fourteen: Your Fifteen Minutes.” Each chapter begins with a famous writer’s quote. Chateaubriand was assigned this chapter with: “Let us not be too scornful of fame: nothing is lovelier, unless it be virtue.” Heffron was a […]
Writers’ Prompt from Jack Heffron
The Writer’s Idea Book by Jack Heffron includes more than 800 prompts. I randomly opened the book to “Chapter Fourteen: Your Fifteen Minutes.” Each chapter begins with a famous writer’s quote. Chateaubriand was assigned this chapter with: “Let us not be too scornful of fame: nothing is lovelier, unless it be virtue.” Heffron was a […]
Aegean Dream by Dario Ciriello
Aegean Dream by Dario Ciriello is the book we are reading this month in our reading group. It’s a true story set on Greece’s real “Mamma Mia” island of Skopelos. Amazon’s description is: Comic and tragic by turns, Aegean Dream is a story of love, resilience, and the power of friendship. A compelling window on […]
Thomas Oppong's Book A SMART NEW MIND
Thomas Oppong’s book, A Smarter New Mind: What You Can Do Every Day to Get Smarter, sounds interesting. On his website http://alltopstartups.com/2015/05/12/a-smart-new-mind/ you can read an excerpt from his book that summarizes 8 things you can do every day to get smarter. My favorite is “Reflect on your learning by blogging.” A couple others are, […]