Blog Series Catch-Up Day

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: …

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At least no one laughed at her

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 …

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When Quitting Isn’t Quitting

This post commemorates my four years to the day anniversary of blogging. February 8 was the date of my very first blog post (on a blog called Everyday Intensity) in 2010—I didn’t realize it until this morning as I was getting ready to publish this piece, which marks the beginning of another set of milestones. Gotta …

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Write Fast and Don’t Look Back

Thirty-one posts later, I have to say I am happy to be finished with my month of daily blogging, but I am also glad I did it for one reason above all: It encouraged me to take creative risks. In her book inGenius: A Crash Course in Creativity (a book about which I am considering doing a …

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