10 Writing Tips in 5 Days: Day 1 – Start Small, But Dream Big

Tip #1: The Benefit of Baby Steps There is a reason why most of us* crawl before we walk. It’s simply because we’re not ready yet, not strong enough to take our first steps. Crawling gives us a chance to try out our muscles, a safe way to make forward motion without risking too much.Continue reading “10 Writing Tips in 5 Days: Day 1 – Start Small, But Dream Big”

Coming Soon: 10 Writing Tips in 5 Days

This week on my blog I’ll be sharing with you almost everything I know about writing. I’m holding out on a couple of things because I like to pretend to be mysterious and it’s fun having a secret. But I’m not actually very good at keeping secrets and I’m much too clumsy to be mysteriousContinue reading “Coming Soon: 10 Writing Tips in 5 Days”

Rumbledethumps and Writing Tips

For Christmas, I got two new vegetarian cookbooks:  Moosewood Restaurant Favorites and Quick-Fix Vegetarian.  (The hubby and I are not vegetarians, but we eat a lot of meat-less meals at home.)  I love both books.  I’ve already made the lemon and herb baked tofu and the “rumbledethumps” from the Moosewood book, as well as theContinue reading “Rumbledethumps and Writing Tips”