I’m writing. Are you?
On January 4th, I accepted Jeff Goins’ challenge to write 500 words a day for each day of January 2014. I thought, Why not? And so I signed on, planning to use the challenge to work on a project left … Continue reading →
Tag Archives: writing
What does a person write about?
A few posts ago, I wrote about the empty page and the challenge it can be to writers. Sometimes those words just roll out on the page and then other times they don’t. When I speak to a group … Continue reading →
Part 2 Making the most of her life–Annie Searam
“Some friend I am,” Annie said on the phone one day, then chuckled. “I never call you.” This was the way it went; I called and left messages, sometimes to hear later that she’d been ill or had just been … Continue reading →
When Fear Gets in the Way
This morning in Jeff Goins’ blog post, his guest writer, Anne Peterson, poet, author and speaker, wrote about how people offer up excuses to get out of doing things, and avoid failure. Her mother sounds just like mine. In fact, … Continue reading →
WordPress Challenge–Study Abroad?
That’s it, I’ve taken a challenge for the week, to write something here every day. And here’s the prompt that I’ll start with ( from Dec. 23) If you were asked to spend a year living in a different location, … Continue reading →
Book launch this evening–Big Ideas for the Big Stage
This evening, in Toronto, authors and friends will attend the launch of Big Ideas for the Big Stage. The book features 13 authors of The Speaker’s Think Tank, with foreword by Craig Valentine, 1999 World Champion of Public Speaking. This … Continue reading →