How do you excite local writers? You offer resources to help them write, publish, and promote their work, a fun group of people supporting each other, and a lagniappe of author, editor, and agent appearances for motivation. And you make it free to the writing community. Finally, I get to tell you about the exciting […]
Month: June 2014
Third Wednesday: Sedate Isn’t Necessarily Sedated
When I read this week’s featured sentence I wondered how one managed to drug an entire community. (Paraphrased so we can’t identify the author.) “The once sedated community has become the focus of a criminal mind.” Sedated – made calm or sleepy by means of sedatives. The anesthesiologist sedated the child before transferring her […]
Deep Within the Ebb of Inspiration
Just as there is a rhythm in every good story, so too is there a flow and an ebb of inspiration in every writer’s life. Sometimes the ideas show up so fast, and so rich in details, that our keyboards would be smoking if we could type fast enough to keep up with the flow. […]