Writers write to be heard, which means writers must brace themselves for input, whether it ends up being destructive
Check it out! I can write a short post!I thought I’d prove it to you…in contrast to yesterday’s incredibly long post
The cover article for the current issue of Atlantic magazine (July/August) is entitled “Is Google Making Us Stoopid?” Hm. Is it?Author Nicholas Carr writes:
When I was relatively new to blogging, every once in a while I’d be scanning comments on somebody’s post and spot
What makes a post popular?On my blog, which is an unfocused mish-mash of ideas that flit through my mind at
Kathleen Norris’s session at the Festival of Faith & Writing offered some good stuff, though my notes are spotty. She
A couple of years ago, urged by a friend, I read Life of Pi, by Yann Martel. It left me
During the festival, I spent time with several single people. I was walking with one of them to a lecture
As I stepped into the room where Phyllis Tickle was speaking, our eyes met and, in her words later, “I
Approximately 2,000 writers, readers, editors, publishers, and assorted literary types are converging at Calvin College for the biennial Festival of Faith and Writing.I’m
This weekend I’m off to a women’s retreat.In preparation, I’ve been thinking about this well-known passage from Psalm 19–a prayer, really–and as
I was once asked to make a list of five strengths I possess as a writer. Here’s what I came up with.
Ken Gire, in his book The Reflective Life, described the plentiful options we have before us to fill our plates,
At my brother’s urging, I signed up with StoryCorps to interview my mom back in 2007. My brother interviewed Dad. The idea
I remember settling sideways in a black, plastic chair to sit across from a new client. I was developing my
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