Apr 10, 2019 | All Things Writing
When freelancing for the newspaper, I had to use shorthand to write fast, so I developed a method of writing without consonants. It’s amazing how fast I could go and still figure out the words.
Mar 14, 2019 | All Things Writing
When Friends Become Characters by Anne Montgomery Authors are often asked how they create characters. In my case, as my friends and family now realize, they are sometimes inspired by people I know. My long-time sweetie pie seemed shocked when he read his words coming...
Mar 11, 2019 | All Things Writing
How a Task Swells to Fill the Time allotted. Parkinson’s Law originated with Cyril Parkinson in a humorous essay published in The Economist in 1955 and was reprinted in Parkinson’s Law: The Pursuit of Progress by John Murray (1958). The law states that work will...
Feb 18, 2019 | All Things Writing
I like reading advice on writing from other authors. Many times I find really great ideas that help improve my own writing abilities. For example, in On Writing, Stephen King (2001) recommends listening to music to help a writer block out the world and focus on the...
