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One or Two Spaces After a Period: A Discussion
I remember my third grade days of learning how to type on a computer with my classmates. We hovered our fingers over the keyboards, wanting to scratch the back of our hands with the rough…
Journaling in Stories
Dear Blogging Community, I decided to write this blog as I write my journal entries. You are now reading the typed-up version of what I wrote in my same journal with my same pen at…
Keeping a Journal: Tips for Writing Entries
Keeping a journal is a way to explore thoughts, work out problems, reduce stress, and improve your writing craft. But writing entries can seem pointless when the entries turn whiny or are written for no…
Writing for a Holiday
Literature played a strong role in our holiday seasons this year. Many (if not most) playhouses performed their version of A Christmas Carol. Children listened to recitations of ’Twas the Night Before Christmas and storytime…
Writing New Year’s Resolutions for Success
Were last year’s New Year’s resolutions no success and all struggle? Perhaps it’s not lack of motivation but how you keep writing your New Year’s resolutions that caused your goals to flop. Make this January…
Why Writers Read (and Watch)
Before exploring the Drawn Together: International Cartoons exhibit at the Flint Institute of Arts as I mentioned in a previous blog post, my parents and I came to the FIA for the Sunday showing of…