It’s hard at times to remember the rules defining words that sound like they mean the same thing. Take “less” and “fewer.” On hearing either of those words, you’ll probably picture a pie with a slice missing, or your brother’s piece of pie that’s twice as wide as yours. News stories sometimes get these words […]
Month: February 2015
Discovering New Voices, Young Writers
Today’s post is short and sweet. I’m busy judging a contest for the work of young writers. I had never heard of the event that has taken place annually since 2006. But author C. Hope Clark, founder of Funds for Writers, posted on Facebook about the New Voices, Young Writers contest, sponsored by The Electronic Publishing […]
When a Writer’s Real Life is Too Crazy for Fiction
Friends who know I write persist in asking, “So how do you get your ideas?” And no matter how many times I explain that ideas are everywhere, even in real life, they insist on an example. “No, really. Tell me how you got the idea for what you’re working on right now.” So this week […]