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Let’s talk about: Failure
Posted on January 30, 2015 Leave a Comment
“I’ve never failed at anything in my life,” he said, earnest and nervously giggling. “And now I can’t fail. I have a family and a mortgage.” “But what’s the worst thing that would happen? Do you really believe you couldn’t recover? What if you succeeded?” “I have no choice now.” I thought, how sad. To […]
Writing News to Know (Week of Jan. 26, 2015)
Posted on January 26, 2015 Leave a Comment
Each week, check this Monday posting for a selection of current calls for submissions, good writing advice from the interwebs, and legit writing job listings. Fear less, do more. And may we all have a productive and successful 2015! Calls for Submissions This one is for my academic writers. The Journal of Media Watch is doing […]
Overcoming the confidence block
Posted on January 23, 2015 Leave a Comment
When you sit down to write, are you sometimes overcome with the thought that you can’t possibly have anything to say or add to an over-saturated market? That your life isn’t exciting enough to be interesting to anyone? That you have nothing of value to offer a public audience? Do you often put yourself and […]
Writing News to Know (Week of Jan. 19, 2015)
Posted on January 19, 2015 Leave a Comment
Each week, check this Monday posting for a selection of current calls for submissions, good writing advice from the interwebs, and legit writing job listings. Fear less, do more. And may we all have a productive and successful 2015! Calls for Submissions This looks like a good one – and they’ve got another interesting themed issue […]
How to be a better storyteller
Posted on January 16, 2015 Leave a Comment
Writers are storytellers. No matter the medium or genre, writers work hard to craft delectable stories for public consumption. And we all know that some stories are better than others. So what differentiates a fascinating, compelling, riotous story from one that is just okay? Strong start. Emotional appeal. Logical appeal. Sensory details. Action. Scenes. Anecdotes. Moments of […]
Holiday Hiatus until January 15, 2015
Posted on December 15, 2014 Leave a Comment
Dear friends, readers, blog followers, and passers-by, This has been a rollicking, crazy-making, exhausting, exhilarating, productive, and fast-paced semester. I turned in my seven binders of evidence for tenure and promotion, wrote 64 posts since I started this blog on August 4, 2014, taught 90 students, and graded 230 papers and 90 presentations. Now that […]
Know when to quit
Posted on December 12, 2014 Leave a Comment
This is the season for resolutions. So many people resolve to create unrealistic expectations for themselves that they enter the new year destined for disappointment. When it comes to our writing practice, let’s think more realistically. Know when to quit. “What?!” You bellow. “I am a writer! I will NEVER quit!” That’s good, dear reader. But hear […]
Three seats left in my Advanced Memoir workshop this January! :)
Posted on December 11, 2014 Leave a Comment
Fellow writers! You might have seen previous posts about this workshop and now it’s crunch time. I need a few more participants to fill the workshop – three seats. I suspect that at least three of you are working on a creative nonfiction project that would benefit from this intensive workshop weekend. If you are […]
Amanda Morris, Ph.D. 