A blank EtchASketch makes it pretty clear that I’ll be doodling around in squares because the drawing dot only moves in four directions, each at
This is the seventh (and final!) post in a short series on preparing for (and thriving during) National Novel Writing Month. The first post collects
This is the sixth post in a short series on preparing for (and thriving during) National Novel Writing Month. The first post collects story ingredients
Stitching up the middle of the story at the Frankfurt Book Fair. This is the fifth post in a short series on preparing for (and
You can turn your story soup into comfort food. © Laurel Decher, 2016 This is the fourth post in a short series on preparing for
If you can’t see which way your story is pointing, maybe you need some building blocks. Byzantine brick paving. Ravenna, Italy. © Laurel Decher, 2016.
Let your story ripen and sweeten. Ahr valley vineyard. © Laurel Decher, 2016. Here’s the second post in a short series on preparing for National
Ingredients set out to be transformed into imaginative cakes and tortes. Poppelsdorfer Schloss café, Bonn, Germany. © Laurel Decher, 2016. A friend (waving to Jane!)
Local people call this building Zitronenpresse or the “lemon juicer.” What do you do when your writing life runs out of juice? © Laurel Decher,
A whole world in a tiny valley. The town of Mayschoß in the Ahr River valley. © Laurel Decher, 2016. Every year on October 3,
I’ve collected some tips from fellow Winged Pen writers about how they get words on the page. I was surprised at the variety of techniques
The first hand-held calculator was invented “after hours” in Buchenwald concentration camp by Curt Herzstark. Image: Arithmeum, Bonn. I’ve been reading Susan Kaye Quinn‘s Indie