Joanna Penn is so smiley and enthusiastic and knowledgeable that she always gets me inspired. This webinar was no different. Got a sudden insight from
This year, my husband gave me a Page-a-Day calendar to learn Italian. Today’s page was a dialogue between two men at a bus stop, getting
A year ago, I wrote about our “rastafarian” Joseph and the challenges of writing about other people’s cultures: Skin-colored Felt: Doing other people’s cultures wrong.
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,