Earning a Microphone: What 6th grade band taught me about audience
In the sixth grade, my elementary school offered the chance to learn a band instrument. There must have been some kind of school assembly to
In the sixth grade, my elementary school offered the chance to learn a band instrument. There must have been some kind of school assembly to
See the trailer for the exhibit here: The stunning poster drew me in for the latest exhibit in Düsseldorf’s Museum Kunstpalast. It’s called “Zurbarán: Meister
Last week, my husband and I visited Marburg, the town where we first met. In 2017, Marburg will join many cities in Germany in a
The International Self-Publishing and Author Programme at the Frankfurt Book Fair was on Saturday, October 17th. Here are five new tools I discovered: (1) BookTrack
Just finished reading Leigh Bardugo’s RUIN AND RISING, the 3rd book of her Grisha trilogy. If you haven’t read it, go read. (Note: This is
In Sage Blackwood’s JINX books, Jinx wanders around inside the magical spells of others to see how they are constructed. As a reader and writer,
In Toastmasters, a community organization that helps people learn public speaking, I learned to move around during a speech. It really does make you feel
Pitches and promises that align the story, the agent, the publisher, the reader and ourselves will make our work visible. Last year, I participated in
It’s fun to follow the epic and perhaps infinite Writing Process Blog Tour backwards. My favorite description is by Bethany Hegedus. “[T]his collection of blog
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Laurel