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“The primary requisite for writing well about food is a good appetite.”A. J. Liebling …and a love of food, anything about food, it’s history, the stories behind it, the traditions. My new, in the last few months food writing gig Continue reading Food Writing
Forget all the rules. Forget about being published. Write for yourself and celebrate writing.Melinda Haynes Yesterday I was at a grant writing class for Pikes Peak Writers. So I missed my morning blog entry. It was a good class, full Continue reading Celebrate Writing.
Read, read, read. Read everything – trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You’ll absorb it. Then write. If it’s good, you’ll Continue reading How to become a better writer in 30 days
“When I was a child, my mother said to me, ‘If you become a soldier, you’ll be a general. If you become a monk you’ll end up as the pope.’ Instead I became a painter and wound up as Picasso.”— Continue reading Thanks Mom!
I learned that you should feel when writing, not like Lord Byron on a mountain top, but like a child stringing beads in kindergarten – happy, absorbed and quietly putting one bead on after another.Brenda Ueland Absorbed in your writing? Continue reading Happy, Absorbed and quietly stringing beads
The time to begin writing an article is when you have finished it to your satisfaction. By that time you begin to clearly and logically perceive what it is you really want to say. ~Mark Twain Did you know that Continue reading Mark Twain-Father of American Literature
People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don’t believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can’t Continue reading Make Your Own Circumstances
I think a little menace is fine to have in a story. For one thing, it’s good for the circulation.~ Raymond Carver If you know me personally you know that I am a big fan of Raymond Carver. He was Continue reading In Praise of Raymond Carver
“It should be the thing never to mention unfairness of judging when defeated in a contest.” Sir Robert Baden-Powell Ok, I admit it I wrote todays title with the voice of a game show host.Because it’s the second contest I Continue reading Your Chance To Win Fantastic Writing Books!
“Next time you are feeling overwhelmed remember the quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson, ‘The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.’”Catherine Pulsifer After vacation, I usually feel overwhelmed. My paperwork/email/snailmail have piled up and I start to think Continue reading Overwhelmed?