Women’s Memoirs runs part 2 of “Who Owns the Story?” as a writing prompt.
Who Owns the Story?
You’ve decided that yes, you’re going to do the scary thing. There in the mirror of the written page you’re going to expose yourself—warts be damned.
Read on to find out what our really fun writing prompts are at the end of this intriguing post written by my collaborator Stephanie Farrow and myself.
Everything I learned about critique, I learned in art school. My art school used to be called the California College of Arts and Crafts, in Oakland, California (for those of us who studied fine arts) and San Francisco, California (for those who studied design and architecture). Curiously, in recent years, the college opted to drop…
Amazingly, I’m all over the internet this week. The joint’s jumping this week with five internet visits to blogging buddies. In addition to the three stops of my audio book blog tour, check out these other visits. Several readers have asked me to say more about my two African homecoming journeys last year. Here it…
“Live Poet’s Society.” Exposure. Feel safe. Choose your audience. Surprise pink special light–a theatre light that makes you look good. Skating on fast ice. Janet: “I feel terrible before, during, and after. Don’t know why I do it.” (a shame attack?)
I met Anne Schroeder through Women Writing the West. You’ve seen her before on Riehlife when I interviewed Anne about her humorous and insightful memoir “Ordinary Aphrodite” which chronicles her attempts to live a balanced life. Anne’s story of creating her dream writing room out of ordinary materials proves that it’s not the the money,…
A cozy group of old pals gathered in my father’s parlor on our home place to celebrate the birth of our newest poetry book. Visiting, a brief reading, and home baked refreshments crowned the the afternoon. In addition to Pop and me, three of the poets featured in “Worth Remembering: The Poetry of Our Heritage…
Critique is an art when done well–and potentially damaging when it’s not. In our fifth cycle for our Creative Catalyst column on Telling Her Stories (Story Circle Network) Stephanie Farrow and I take on this topic. “Art of Critique” is our keynote post in this cycle of three.