10 Tips for Getting the Most Out of Your Conference Experience

Originally posted on Carie Juettner:
A couple of years ago, during my week of 10 Writing Tips in 5 Days, I wrote a post called “Join the Club” about becoming a member of writing organizations and attending events and going to conferences. At the time, I was talking to myself as much as anyone else, because…

A Summer of Words

Writing is like exercise, and I am out of shape. Writing is difficult, at least for me. I’m a perfectionist and a procrastinator, who’s easily distracted by new ideas, cute animals outside my window, and chocolate. None of these qualities do a consistent writer make. I’m also a teacher, and during the school year I’mContinue reading “A Summer of Words”

Night Walk

This poem was published in Dreams & Nightmares a year ago this month, and I’d like to share it with you now. Night Walk One night I walked outside to look at the full moon, but there was no moon, only clouds and wind that whispered Go, Go  into my ears. So I went. Without phone orContinue reading “Night Walk”