Thanks and Giving

iPadWriMo took a back seat recently to some other important matters, and while I’m still going to compose all of my blog posts on the iPad through November, posting daily doesn’t seem so important. This is in part because I’ve become comfortable composing on an iPad much faster than I expected (Apple’s wireless keyboard is …

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On Guest Blogging (iPadWriMo Day 8)

Friend and fellow Wisconsin writer Christi Craig has a terrific guest post today on Write It Sideways about purposeful writing and avoiding fiction filler. Also, this week the authors of Two Girls on a Bench are guest blogging at Writing Up an Appetite. Both pieces are well worth your time. Why bother with guest blog …

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iPadWriMo Day 5: New Psychology Today Post

A quick Sunday update to say that my new Psychology Today post is about college considerations for gifted teens, and I was able to add Hattie’s Blog to Blogsy, so posted her entry today on iPad, too. Here are also a couple of interesting New York Times articles, with thanks to Joy and Jane for …

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Sent from my iPad – iPadWriMo

Hats off to all my friends who are participating in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo)! Short-term challenges with well-defined boundaries and specific goals, such as NaNoWriMo, are excellent ways to renew motivation and get back into the flow of writing. One of the requirements of flow—of getting so caught up in an activity that we …

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