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Blogtalk: Balancing Creativity and the Digital Life

August 5, 2011

We writers have a tendency to grouse about how difficult it is to stay focused. We distract ourselves with email, FaceBook, Twitter, and phone texts — all in the name of “social networking” — and then we complain about it. Ben Brooks posted a thoughtful article about the importance of taking responsibility for our Digital [...]

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Blogtalk: Literature by email and 3 articles for writers

July 15, 2011

I recently discovered DailyLit.com. Get this: DailyLit sends books in short installments via e-mail or RSS. They offer both classic and contemporary books for free. You can read each installment (which arrive according to the schedule you set) in under 5 minutes, and you can receive additional installments immediately on demand. They have a lot [...]

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Blogtalk: Writing and Publishing Memoir

May 27, 2011

OKAY, this is about an older blog (ancient … as in April for heaven’s sake) at Writer’s Digest about memoir writing, titled “Back to Basics: Writing & Publishing Memoir.” But Jane includes so many wonderful links to other articles, it took me this long to read it, and I just had to pass it on, [...]

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A Week’s Worth of Journaling Prompts: A Community of Writers

May 23, 2011

This week’s journaling prompts are about community — specifically how we do or do not create community and support for our journaling and writing lives. This topic is on my mind because Sunday afternoon I attended a meeting of my writing club. Each month the club’s program director brings in authors and/or members of the [...]

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Blogtalk News: 7 Links to Journaling Articles and Resources You Want to See

January 28, 2011

Here’s my every-once-in-a-while collection of links and resources that I think will enhance your writing and journaling life. Only on Blogtalk: The Power of “No” and The 50 Best Life Story Questions by Dan Curtis. (I would title that last post “50 Great Journaling Prompts”) Journeys by Susan Tweit. Podcast: Writing and Place by Iain [...]

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Journal Writing Improves Your Powers of Perception

January 11, 2011

I attribute my increased perceptual powers to my journal writing practice. Why? Journaling helps me to:
* Think about physical descriptions — how things look, feel, taste, and sound.
* Be more aware of my emotional responses as they occur.
* Think about things in new ways (looking at things from different perspectives).
* Be more curious and interested in what is going on around me. …

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Blogtalk: What Does it Mean to be “Secure”?

December 3, 2010

WHEN I think of the word security, I think first of the emotional kind that comes with confidence, a strong sense of self and purpose, and a fearless solidity in the world. I think of a kind of underlying strength that stands sure-footed against the winds of adversity and time. Of those amazing twenty-somethings I’ve [...]

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