Revaluing the Personal
Every semester, my first-year writing students begin the class by writing a personal narrative. Of course, for the last four years of high school, they were told that they should not […]
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Focus on Authors: June Foster and A Harvest of Blessings
Prolific Christian Romance author June Foster has a new release out this month. Her work focuses on the power of love to effect change in even the most unlikely situations, […]
An Eccentric’s View of a Vacation
One thing we can all agree on: vacations are conventional. Everyone knows them, and everyone takes them, often to places that are especially designated as vacation destinations. Northern Europeans spend […]
The Open Wound: Questions about Timing in Writing about Loss
In writing about loss, one vexation, among many others, involves timing: when is it the right time to begin writing about what I have experienced? Obviously, the experience of loss […]
Let There Be Pheasants: On Writing Process as a Vacation
I’ve just begun a new writing project. The idea came from a poem I read a few years ago, and it grew as I wrote about it. It became exciting. […]