Writing How To The Best Holiday Gifts are Stories 21 Dec 2020 Wishing you a beautiful holiday season with your loved ones, whether near or far, in-house or online. Meaningful conversations are now the focus! You can turn any family gathering into…
Brain… Thriving Creativity 28 Jan 20206 Jul 2020 Our culture promotes a stereotype that creators like writers and entrepreneurs must sacrifice everything—food, sleep, relationships—for the cause. Long hours, sacrifices, and courageous decisions take a toll, and exhausted people…
Academic Writing… Save Yourself from this Embarrassing Pronoun Error 2 Nov 20196 Jul 2020 Myself is not a formal substitute for I or Me. Reflexive pronouns (also including yourself, himself, herself, oneself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves) apply when a subject acts on an object which is—itself! You may shave…
Academic Writing… Lies Your English Teacher Taught You 30 Oct 20196 Jul 2020 Some of you blame your teachers (English or otherwise) for writing advice that is not even true for English or doesn’t apply every time. Please stop believing that these are…
Brain… For Engineers and Other Geniuses Who Cannot Spell 26 Oct 20196 Jul 2020 My dad was an industrial engineer and his spellings were creative. His colleagues shared that talent. When I taught college, many of my students were engineering majors, demonstrating that skill…
Writing How To Clearing Barnacles from Your Prose 23 Oct 20196 Jul 2020 Each language has a cadence. Compare “la casa de mi madre” with “my mom’s house.” That musical Spanish phrase illustrates a romance language cadence, relying on prepositional phrases. (Romance: Roman…
Writing How To Ode to Short Words 16 Oct 201923 Oct 2019 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said, “I have a ________” [DREAM!] He did not say, “I have been considering a possible aspiration for dramatic reformation of the present situation, which…
Change the World… The Official #OneHourBio Challenge 8 Oct 20196 Jul 2020 One of my closest relatives texted, “I have cancer. I need you to help me write something for my girls.” I think I replied, “WHAT?!” A couple years later, she…
Commitment… Have you left your dream in the case for a while? 18 Jul 201518 Jul 2015 I was touched by this story of Baltimore Symphony Orchestra's Academy Week, where amateur musicians are invited in, especially when music teacher Tanesha Mitchell, who contributes so beautifully to her…
Brain… Don’t think of a purple giraffe (and what else not to say) 31 Jan 20154 Jul 2016 A company I admire allowed an employee to blog, "You probably don't want to come to our conference, but here's why I think you should." Really? I don't want to…
Books… Write Your Book This Year: Give Me Ten 23 Feb 201313 Jun 2015 Are you waiting for your retreat, vacation, sabbatical, or retirement to write your book? Uninterrupted time sounds luxurious, and then it can be overwhelming. Whenever I reserve a day for my…
Books… Write Your Book This Year: Got Fear? 16 Feb 201313 Jun 2015 Fear of writing, or fear of publishing, can be a healthy thing. It means you care. Daring to tell the truth, wanting to say it well, overcoming your fear of…
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