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The Month of Blogging Fearlessly
September is probably my favorite month. The weather turns cooler. School starts up again. By month’s end the world is painted in glorious oranges and reds and yellows. I can wear sweaters. Our son was born in September. My mother was born in September. The list goes on and on. September’s seasonal change always gives …
The Inbetween Years
What does it mean to be a “tween”? Alex Banks (aka Ali Cross) tackles this question today regarding her twin boys, who are nearly thirteen. Her post is part of Emblazon’s monthly feature, Tween the Weekends (visit the TTW page and join in)! I’ve been thinking about the question, too. A couple of weekends ago I …
Coffee and Oranges: Sunday Links for Readers and Writers
Complacencies of the peignoir, and late Coffee and oranges in a sunny chair… “Sunday Morning,” by Wallace Stevens David Foster Wallace’s Advice to College Graduates If you read or watch nothing else in this week’s list of links, devote ten minutes to this 2005 speech given by David Foster Wallace to Kenyon College graduates: Carl …
Can you blog your book? Should you?
A question that nearly all writers who are bloggers—especially writers who are in the early years of their career—often ask, if only to themselves, is whether they should include on their blog any parts of their works in progress, or if they can ever turn what they blog into a traditionally published book. There is …