Festival of Faith & Writing 2010: More Fun
Friday morning, Leslie Leyland Fields and I made plans to connect during the morning coffee hour. She was running a
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Reward the Good and Ignore the Bad: Does It Work?
Not long ago I wrote about Destructive Criticism vs. Healthy Critique when working with writers. The post generated a variety
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Destructive Criticism vs. Healthy Critique
Writers write to be heard, which means writers must brace themselves for input, whether it ends up being destructive
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Food on Fridays: Go Greek with L.L. Barkat
(smaller button below) Here at the Food on Fridays carnival, any post remotely related to food is welcome—your link could be a recipe
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Listen in on my chat with L.L. Barkat
L.L. Barkat of Seedlings in Stone and Green Inventions Central interviewed me about Not So Fast.It’s appropriate that the title
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What’s Your Story?
In the Steven Spielberg film “Amistad,” there’s a scene where John Quincy Adams (played by Anthony Hopkins) talks with a
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Plagiarism Avoidance in Blogging
I was asked to talk with the literature students about plagiarism. After introducing the topic and explaining a little
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Meet Another "Seeing" Mentor
I’m continuing my series on “Seeing Lessons” over at NotSoFastBook.com. You can meet another “mentor,” a blogger/author/friend who reminds me
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Where in the World Wide Web is Ann Kroeker?
My friend Jane invited me to record a podcast and submit a guest post for her Only By Prayer blog.So
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Meet Henry!
The “Name That Boy” contest is officially over.Garnering 31 percent of the votes, we have a winner.The “not so fast”
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On the Air with Ann
(photo credit: stock.xchng) I was interviewed by phone about Not So Fast on a station in Minneapolis, MN, for the
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"Name That Boy" Contest: First Book Giveaway Winner
A big thanks to all who left comments and suggested names for the little boy on the cover of Not
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Make-Do Mondays: Slow Setting for a Slow-Down Book
see below for alternative button At Make-Do Mondays, we discuss how we’re simplifying, downsizing, repurposing, buying used, and using what
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Sneak Peek
I’ve been working on my forthcoming book, Not So Fast: Slow-Down Solutions for Frenzied Families, for years. Much of that time, I wasn’t
