Remington Roundup: #Watch, #Listen, #Learn
The temps outside are just about awful. I am fully layered, still wearing a house hat, and still pausing in front of every heating vent I pass. So, this is as good a time as any to hunker down with …...
View ArticleYour Next #Writing Move
In teaching courses online, I’ve been asked about the options of creating an outside opportunity for connecting during the course or even after the course. Some suggestions have included setting up a...
View ArticleRemington Roundup:First Drafts, a Book Festival, & Forest Avenue Press
I’m fresh off of teaching my online course, Flash Nonfiction I, and spending four weeks with an awesome group of women writers, so this week I’m recalibrating, recalculating, & settling back into...
View ArticleStudy Hall: #AmWritingInformation & Registration on a Writers’ Meet-Up
The day job, kids’ activities, that book I long to read, an evening to binge on my favorite TV show, some days just a fear of failure. Reasons vary but the effect is always the same: it can be...
View ArticleStudy Hall: #AmWriting, #AmWandering & Following the Story
Last Sunday I met with a few writers online and in the studio for another session of Study Hall: #AmWriting. I’m still early into this venture, so each time we meet there’s another tech issue to...
View Article#PenToPaper: the why, the how, & the way to writing prompts
This week I’m all about writing prompts. First, you’ll find my guest post, The Push and Pull of Writing Prompts, on Rochelle Melander’s Blog, Write Now! On one hand, I see [prompts] as a critical...
View ArticleRemington Roundup:Online Book Study, #Writing Critique Groups, & Submission Ops
This month’s Remington Roundup includes links to my new online book study (Julia Stoops’ Parts Per Million), Red Oak Writing’s Roundtable schedule, and submission opportunities for poetry, essays,...
View Article#Writing from a Prompt, a new Tiny Essay:My Mother is Waiting
Once a month, I run a writers’ meet-up for two hours. I love leading the workshop, but you should know it is also self-serving. Every time I give a prompt and the writers grow quiet as they put pen to...
View ArticleBack to School: Opportunities for #Writing & #Community
It’s my favorite time of year, when every store–drug store, grocery store, and (cue the angels singing) the office supply store–is stocked with back to school supplies. I go in with the long list of...
View ArticleQuotables on Story & an Online Course to take you there.
“Stories are light. Light is precious in a world so dark. Begin at the beginning. Tell Gregory a story. Make some light.” ~ Kate DiCamillo, The Tale of Despereaux You’ve got a story. You’ve got that...
View ArticleStory in Photos: How You View Your World
Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about details, perspective, and the filters through which we view our world. The way these three concepts work together are never more apparent than when I study...
View ArticleRemington Roundup for #Readers & #Writers
It’s been a while since the last Remington Roundup, but that doesn’t mean there’s been little to share. Here are links gathered over the last few months for readers and writers. Roundup For #Readers...
View ArticleRemington Roundup: Stay Connected#Reading, #Writing, & #Listening
With winter days and shorter days and the holidays, it’s easy to fall away from our usual reader/writer patterns and find ourselves feeling detached. Here’s your December roundup of links to#reading,...
View ArticleThe Reading at Harwood Place: People in Community
Last Saturday, residents and friends gathered in the community room at Harwood Place to listen to the Writers of Harwood read stories they’d written over the last year. This is the sixth year we’ve...
View ArticleRemington Roundup: #Listen, #Write, #Revise
Snow, snow, and more snow means time indoors curled up with your next story. This month’s roundup features links to a local event where you can hear great authors read theirs, information on an...
View ArticleGrant Yourself Permission to Create
In a fews days, I fly out to teach with Elin Stebbins Waldal at our first retreat, Veritas Rustic Writing Retreat for Women. This year, our theme is on Permission. Early on in our preparations, Elin...
View ArticleRemington Roundup: #Reading, #Writing, #Hosting
March and April were full of conferences, conversation, writing ups and downs, and springtime observations. Here’s your Roundup of links to books, essays, and workshops to keep your mind musing and...
View ArticleGuest Post: Marjorie Pagel on Poetry & Writing
In Milwaukee writing circles, Marjorie Pagel needs no introduction. She is a powerhouse with the pen (I’ve seen her in action), diving into writing with little hesitation, bringing amazing insight to...
View ArticleQuotables: Safety in Numbers
“So much of writing is like walking down a dark hallway with your arms out in front of you. You bump into a lot of things.” ~ Kate DiCamillo #FindYourTribe | #SafetyInNumbers Join a Writer’s Group (or...
View ArticleQuotables: The Path to Success…Showing Up for Your Work
…showing up to work at my own drawing table was an equally valuable ingredient in the formula for artistic growth and success. If I spent most of my time looking at the work of other artists and...
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