Writing

Earlier this month, California State Superintendent of Schools, Tom Torlakson, released a top ten list of suggestions for students and parents, ostensibly to celebrate National Teacher Appreciation Week. It contained the usual smattering of ancient exhortations to students and teachers. Do your best, raise your hand, turn in your homework, that sort of thing. Nothing...

Last weekend I attended my first food blogging conference, Eat, Write, Retreat, thanks to a sponsorship from Jarlsberg. I thought I would leave the conference bursting with ideas and dive into writing new blog posts, but I have found the opposite to be true. Instead, I’ve been reflecting on why I blog, what I think you...

With just one week left to raise $855 for my novel research trip to Galax, I thought I’d answer a few of the questions that have popped up from several of you who have read about my crowd funding project. What made you pick Galax as the setting for your novel? I grew up...

As a media relations professional, you and your company must decide on what type of program best suites the needs of the business. Passive: The company does not need nor desire to get public attention. This enables the company to lay low and only get a...

I think most of all writers can agree on this statement: a manuscript is never finished. I have recently decided to delve once more into my most recent novel, just for fun, and found that I have a lot of work to do. It's one bummer about looking at you...

Mother's Day is upon us and finding gifts for her may not be so easy in a market filled with deals in every window. I'm sure most moms would appreciate something hand made, but if you're craft-impaired, finding an unique gift doesn't have to be difficu...

by Express Monorail Can a bad memory be a good thing? "Yes," says Robert Olen Butler, professor of creative writing at Florida State University. When you're an artist. In From Where You Dream, he warns:  If you are a writer who aspires ...

So, for the past couple of months, I’ve been dying to share a secret with you. No, we’re not pregnant yet. (I know, right!?) But I do have a new baby, of sorts. And that new baby is allParenting, a new online magazine for moms—the product of many talented women (and a few men) and...

One problem I realize some companies have is inconsistency. Clearly, there are all types of inconsistency whether it's with rules and expectations, one person wants one thing, but someone else wants it another way, etc. It's just a mess.What does incon...

Have you ever dreamed of publishing one of your short stories and seeing how it compares to others out there?  If so, here's your chance. At Storystar, you can share your short stories with the world. No, you won't get pa...