Blog series, blog hops, and blogging challenges have been good ways for me to get back into blogging after a dry spell. This month I want to invite other bloggers to join me in a #30PostsHathSept Blog Challenge designed for anyone who wants to give their blogging a kickstart for the fall. Click here for …
How did rural America celebrate the Fourth of July during the Great Depression? With generosity, community, and fun. The following video features images and words from the Great Plains Diaries of Harriet E. Whitcher, July 4, 1933, Rosebud Indian Reservation, Okreek, South Dakota. A Glorious Fourth of July
How much thought do you give to your physical writing space?
We are two weeks into the 50-day Get Serious About Writing blog series (5 weeks to go!), so this is a good time to give you a chance to catch up on the posts so far (the list is updated daily on the blog series page): Day 1: Let’s Get Serious (finally!) About Writing Day 2: …
Getting Shovel Ready This morning I attended an information-packed Red Oak Writing workshop on blogging and social media, led by fellow Wisconsin writer Christi Craig (click here for a few links to some of the resources she shared). While it fell during one of my busiest grading periods, the workshop couldn’t have come at a better …