Lisa RiveroTime spent sitting and thinking: a lot of what writing actually is. ~ Scott Berkun Scott Berkun’s time-lapsed video of “How To Write 1000 Words” is both useful and fascination, whether you are a new or veteran writer, and especially if you are stymied by the organizational aspects of writing. I also like what he …
A couple of blogs to pass along this morning. First, in honor of the first full day of spring,Victoria at liv2write2day has posted a spring writing prompt for poetry or flash fiction. Her own poem in celebration of spring will be certain to awaken your seasonal passions. 🙂 Also, anyone who loves travel and world …
I’m currently re-reading Dan Pink’s A Whole New Mind for a class I am teaching, and it has reminded me of this short inspirational video based on his book Drive: [vimeo=8480171] Note: The embed code has been glitchy, so if you can’t see the video above, click here. This morning I realized that Pink’s two …
My husband does! Or at least some of the best of them. 🙂 We just learned that both volumes of his long-term, many-years-in-the-making project of editing Samuel Richardson’s Pamela are now listed on the Cambridge University Press website: Pamela: Or, Virtue Rewarded Pamela in Her Exalted Condition “Pamela: Or, Virtue Rewarded is perhaps the most …
Happy Friday, everyone! It’s been a delicious week of spending time with our son who is home for spring break. We watched the original Star Wars trilogy (the original theatrical release), played game after game of Magic: The Gathering (well, he played and I pretended to understand most of the time), and enjoyed our favorite …