The summer’s first real heat wave had me craving ice cream. While I usually make my own, I love sampling premium ice cream when it’s on sale. Last week it just so happened that my favorite grocery store had Ben & Jerry’s pints on sale for $2.99 a piece. While perusing the store’s somewhat limited … Read more
I can’t believe it’s May 10 and I haven’t yet mentioned Writers Worth Month—and this is its 10th anniversary. Writers Worth Month was founded by the wonderful wordsmith Lori Widmer whose Words On the Page is one of a handful of writing blogs I visit multiple times per week. You can read all about how … Read more
If you think creative writing is a waste of time, think again. Whether it’s fiction, scriptwriting, or poetry, creative writing can help improve the same writing skills you use to write blog posts, white papers, articles, speeches, or marketing materials. How? Creative writing forces you to really think about the subtle ways words can be … Read more
Every so often my worlds collide. And I love it. Sometimes that involves writing about food and television, but usually it means I’m writing about knitting, crocheting, yarn, or crafts. Last week I got a double dose. My column about a new, crowd-funded digital series—The Knit Show with Vickie Howell—ran, and my article from the current issue … Read more
Writers are worth more than a day. I don’t even remember how it happened. I probably read about Writers Worth Day on LinkedIn or Twitter. But the moment I read those words something clicked. In addition to following Writers Worth creator Lori Widmer on social media, I became a regular reader of her amazing writing blog, Words on The Page. … Read more