I felt the energy in the auditorium shift as scattered and unfocused conversations hushed and hundreds of eyes focused on the speaker. I was a part of that crowd at a Hay House conference, listening to bestselling author Mike Dooley as he inspired an audience of mostly amateur writers. Dooley … Read More
ANACHRONISM. A neglect or falsification, whether wilfully or otherwise, of strict chronological relation. Anachronisms may be committed in a great variety of ways, e.g., in painting, by representing members of the Holy Family in the costumes of the period at which the painter lived, as in many … Read More
“Nothing cements your story, and you, in someone’s mind quite so much as hearing it straight from your mouth, read with every ounce of the passion that drove you to write it in the first place,” says Dan Holloway, novelist and performance poet. Right. But what about “performance anxiety?” You … Read More
I notice more and more—how shall I put it?—dead people have pre-written their own obituaries. This may be a morbid subject for some, but when you reach a certain age, you know what is coming and you recognize it could be any time. Any minute, really. So why not write … Read More