“The title of today’s blog post refers to a similarly gifted young man who lived in the 18th century, Thomas Chatterton. The ‘marvellous Boy’ appelation comes from these lines in a poem by William Wordsworth, ‘Resolution and Independence’…” ~ from Katherine Wikoff’s “Jonah Lehrer and the ‘marvellous Boy’” I’ve written here before about how much …
After watching and hearing the experience of several writing friends and after two years of blogging, I am finally ready to make the switch from WordPress.com to a self-hosted WordPress.org blog (read Carrie Mumford’s excellent explanation of the differences). If all goes well, the new layout and host should be up and running by the …
Yes, you can write blog posts, quite efficiently, on a smart phone. I learned how to blog on my phone by accident recently, when I had planned to keep up with blogging at the AWP 2012 conference. However, I had difficulty finding a reliable connection for my WiFi-only iPad. Since I already had with me …
I’m not happy with my website. One of the things I want to do this week, which I have claimed as a planning week for all things writing (just a warning for anyone who wants anything else from me), is to figure out how to make my online home POP! rather than just lie there. …
My latest Psychology Today post is about putting on our own oxygen masks first: “An advocate steps in and pleads another’s case. An advocate supports, promotes, and protects another’s interests and needs. This simple change of attitude toward oneself, that we are going to look out and advocate for ourselves, may be what we need …