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Welcome to My Blog!
This is my blog about life, writing and all of the fun and frustration I experience as a mom, a wife, and a writer. I am hoping this will be a place for me to vent, get feedback, and supply helpful...
View ArticleThe Story Bag – Writing Fun for all Ages
I went to a writing workshop a long time ago when I was teaching High School English. I don’t remember who it was that presented now (it was over ten years ago!) but there is one fun activity that I...
View ArticleThe Many Hats of a Writer
I wrote this post a couple of weeks ago for the Utah Children’s Writers Blog: I just got home from a ladies social where the theme for the night was vintage fashion and the girls put on a fashion show....
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A Great Exercise for Writing Dialogue
Writing down funny things that people say and writing them just how they were said is a good writing exercise. When I taught school, I would have the kids eavesdrop and write down conversations in a...
View ArticleCrossing Napoleon’s Yard
Here is a story that I posted on the writing bolg that I have been participating in. You can find this and other fun stories at the Utah Children’s Writers blog here:...
View ArticleAnother Fun Writing Excercise
For something fun that can help break you out of a rut when you’re stuck, try going through the dictionary for a bunch of interesting words, and then put them together into a poem or story. You never...
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The Write Brain Workbook: 366 Exercises to Liberate your Writing
The Write Brain Workbook: 366 Exercises to Liberate your Writing by Bonnie Neubauer is a fun book. I don’t usually go absolutely nuts about writing prompts, but that is really what this book is. Every...
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Raising a Writer
When my oldest daughter, now almost 15, was 3 she came up to me and grabbed my hand and dragged me over to the computer and said “I want to make a Poem. Type!” a few days before I had been reading her...
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Labels, Labels Everywhere!
Last night, Z came into my office and snatched a post-it and ran out of the room. Later after the kids were in bad, I found this on my bedroom door. After having a good laugh, I went and opened a new...
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