Please visit here for an updated version of this post. “A faithful friend is a sure shelter” With only one day left for a chance to win copies of free books for and about gifted teens, it seems the perfect time to write about Tell Us We’re Home, a novel by Marina Budhos for readers …
What should I write about? A Writing Exercise Inspired by The Anthologist [Don’t forget to leave a comment here for a chance to win copies of free books!] In The Anthologist, a quirky, gem of a novel by Nicholson Baker, the narrator—a poet who is struggling to write the introduction to a new poetry …
I am very pleased and excited to repost this guest article by Tania Pryputniewicz, a fellow SheWrites writer with whom I did a blog swap a few weeks ago. Recent poetry by Tania has appeared either in print or on-line at Autumn Sky, Literary Mama, Linebreak, Salome Magazine, The Spoon River Poetry Review and Tiny …
When I turned the last page of The Story of Edgar Sawtelle last week, I felt as though I had come to the end of a long, satisfying dream, one that showed me, mainly through the eyes of dogs and a mute child, a world unlike any I have known yet, at the same time, …
For anyone who does creative or artistic work of any kind, take the time if you haven’t already to watch Elizabeth Gilbert’s TED Talk on nurturing creativity. Gilbert, the author of Eat, Pray, Love, shares her views on why we should consider ourselves to be conduits rather than the embodiments of genius. Particularly if you …