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Dec 16, 2011
A Man of Many Good Words: Interview with Glynn Young
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An award-winning speechwriter and contributing editor at The High Calling, Glynn Young is a virtual writing machine. Not only does he make his living by using words; he leaves his writer’s... Read More + |
Nov 9, 2011
Take It from a Wise Guy
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Years ago--almost 20, I think--I wrote a book of meditations on Proverbs, a little devotional for budding adolescents somewhere around the 8th-grade level. I remember the title, catchy--Take it... Read More + |
Oct 20, 2011
It's Not Exactly What Happened: L.L. Barkat on Writing
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In August, Managing Editor L.L. Barkat published Rumors of Water: Thoughts on Creativity & Writing. It is extraordinary, and not the usual book you find about writing. It is filled with sound... Read More + |
Aug 18, 2011
Your Stories: An Act Of Worship
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Network blogger Linda Thomas encourages us to see our writing as an act of worship - with shouts of joy to God, right in front of the computer screen. Read More + |
Dec 11, 2010
Top 10 Writing Books for Christmas
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I began my writing life as a clandestine affair--meeting the keyboard in secret for many months before confiding my wayward passion to my husband. I wasn’t entirely sure that he would... Read More + |
Dec 9, 2010
Write Like a Jellyfish
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I smooth out a new page, unzip my red pencil case, and attempt - along with these college students - the art of writing with flair. The rain outside transforms to ice. We hear its tiny fingers... Read More + |
Aug 9, 2010
When Poetry Found Me
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The words of my youth were simple words. They were good words, functional words, words with concrete meaning. Even the bedtime stories my mother told us had an obvious purpose. The moral of the... Read More + |
Jul 12, 2010
Roots
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I thought about Mary Ainsworth when I read Julia Cameron’s chapter on Roots in The Right to Write this week. Mary Ainsworth is the developmental psychologist who, in the 1960s and 70s, conducted... Read More + |
Jul 5, 2010
I Eat with My Eyes
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I drive with the windows down and the air conditioning on. The sun burns through the windshield but it is not enough to be cool--I must let the breeze ripple my hair, feel the wildness of strands... Read More + |
Jun 28, 2010
Wanted: Friendly Reader
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We must protect our creativity. We must choose readers who read with love. Read More + |
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