Writing Prompt: January 1, 2014 Write at least three personal and three professional goals for this year. Why are these goals important to you? Speak Your Truth, Write Your Story Ask me about Writing Workshops: Write Your Story Memoir, Writing as a Pathway to Healing Trauma, Free Yourself to Write, […]
Read More365 WRITING PROMPTS BEGINNING ON JANUARY 1, 2014 SUBSCRIBE TO MY BLOG AND RECEIVE A PROMPT-A-DAY IN 2014 Writing a 600-800 word blog post takes me about an hour, but since I’m in the process of writing two books, I decided to try something different. For 2014, I’m going […]
Read MoreWhy I Write Writing is the one thing I do simply because I love it. I can’t help myself. Writing grounds me and helps me find my center, especially when I’m tired, emotionally drained, or preoccupied with the “should and musts” that constantly seem to present themselves. Without writing I […]
Read MoreA Hot, Hot Day in July – Writing Prompt Oh my, it’s going to be a scorcher, again. The heat reminds me of hot summer days in Ohio where I grew up. Until I was seven, my grandparents lived downstairs and my cousins lived next door. We didn’t have air […]
Read MoreMastering the Art of the Interview A few weeks ago, my friend Hollie, who is a radio broadcaster at KNCO radio 830 AM, asked me if I’d like to fill in as host for the Monday afternoon show, “On The Town–Tell Me Something Good,” which is broadcast from various locations—mostly […]
Read MoreHow to Write Fast Recently, I’ve been collaborating on a project with another writer who is amazed at how quickly I crank out new material. “How do you write so fast?” she asked. Because I didn’t realize that my writing speed was faster than anyone else’s, I had to […]
Read MoreFalling off the Blogging Wagon – Writing Fiction Since the beginning of the New Year, I’ve fallen off the blogging wagon. It’s not like I haven’t been writing though, I just haven’t been keeping up with my blog. This morning I woke up at 5:30, and decided it was time […]
Read MoreLyme Disease Treatment Life. That’s what happens when you’re making other plans. I was just about to start marketing Write Your Story Workshops when my twenty-four year old daughter called telling me she was feeling bad– again. For the past 8 years she has been dealing with Lyme disease. Aware […]
Read MoreThe Power of Affirmations Affirmations — present tense, positive, personal and specific statements — are one of many tools that can help writers accomplish their goals. Over the years, I’ve collected an arsenal of tools and techniques for getting out of my critical left brain and moving over to the […]
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Writing to Heal
The following article was published in VietNow National Magazine Fall 2013 Volume 23 Number 3. Writing: A Pathway for Healing Trauma.
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