by William “Duke” Smither “Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet deprecate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground.”– Frederick Douglass (Author, Editor, Diplomat… and ‘Escaped Slave’) Over the years, while performing part-time as an actor with community theater-related productions, I was honored on occasion to portray the complex […]
What does military service and veteran status mean to black American veterans? Few full-length novels, short-story collections, plays, poetry volumes, memoirs, or non-fiction studies by or about black American soldiers in the 21st-century have been published to help us answer the question. Off the top of my head, the only biographies I can think of […]
We must keep smiling – four simple words that resonate today just as they were written in the heat of battle 80 years ago. George Whayman was a young platoon sergeant major on Dunkirk Beach when he wrote a letter to his wife Ethel saying with characteristic optimism that, despite the circumstances, we are “getting […]
via Dunkirk’s lost love letters that have gathered dust for 80 years … until now — WhatsNew2Day
I just kept asking myself over and over: “What is wrong with you?”
via Why You Haven’t Been Feeling Inspired to Write Lately (and Why That’s OK) — Novelty Revisions
Hello, and welcome. In this post I’m sharing some of my writing tips with you, giving you a sneak peek into my writing habits. From creating realistic goals, to defining your writing zone. A helpful and fun little post. Enjoy!
Blogging has always appealed to me because I consider myself to be a good writer, and I enjoy it. (I was the kid who voluntarily took writing workshops over the summer.) Coworkers and friends trust me to review their emails, edit their resumes, and help them come up with just the right word that articulates […]
As I was writing yesterday’s post, I realized that much of the writing and written communication that we do are in the form of email, whether we like it or not, and that all of the ‘etiquette’ and best practices around emailing warranted a completely separate post. Some of these tips will be the same […]
via How To Improve Your Email Communication — Made by Rachel
None of the above will make me remove the prologue from Strongbow’s Wife when I upload a revised version in the next few days.
via Before the Beginning – do you really need a prologue? — Frank Parker’s author site
on Writing Forward: Poetry writing exercises are an excellent way to develop writing skills, especially skills that are essential to writing compelling poetry. Writing exercises can provide us with new perspectives, techniques, and ideas that strengthen and improve poems we’ve written and poems we have yet to write. Words are the most basic building blocks […]
“I like to think that I am telling a story rather than writing it.” ~ Alistar MacCleod
via ✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ Tell instead of Write — A Great Day To Be Alive
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