On this episode of A Day in the Life we meet Summer 2014 graduate Karen (Leslie), a fiction and travel writer based in Franklin, Tennessee. When Karen isn’t working on her own writing she’s helping other creatives to market their writing. Karen has a wholistic approach to life and writing and I know I could definitely […]
The “Read Then Write Workshop” dug deep roots during my time at Spalding University’s International Low-Residency program. My first professor/mentor was Flannery O’Connor Award Winner, Dr. Philip F. Deaver. His answer to any wall I bumped against? “Read, then write. Read, then write. Read, then write.” He was right. It’s that simple—combined with trusted guidance […]
Maybe it’s the landscape or generations of digging in the underearth or the salty air or the ancient history or the tales of toil. No matter what—or all—there’s something about Ireland’s verdant land that distills its writing down to a purity and complexity akin to a tangled bog of peat. A few years ago, I […]
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“I’ve got to say, it’s remarkable—no, you’re remarkable!!”
Grammar Yammer:
If you’re unsure whether it’s “its” or “it’s,” repeat the sentence without the contractions:
