Dear Readers, Many of you have been waiting patiently for the re-launch of Words From The Sowul. Don’t worry: it’s coming very soon! The process is taking longer than I expected, but I’m really excited about what you’ll see when everything is finalized. The launch will be sometime in January 2015; I’ll keep you posted on […]
Writing
I Finally Answer The Blogging Question
“They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.” –Confucius Dear Readers, Since this blog’s inception, I’ve struggled to define its purpose. I’ve struggled to answer the following questions: Why am I blogging? Who am I writing for? What do I want to write? The best I’ve come up with is a […]
Conference Recap/August Mini-Series
As I wrote about in last week’s post, It’s Worth The Fear, I went to a writing conference this past weekend- the Writer’s Digest conference in New York City. Now I feel like a bit of a fraud for previously reporting that I had any element of fear about attending this conference. Sure, I was nervous […]
Ambition Is Worth The Fear
I have a dream, a goal, an ambition. It’s the most important thing in the world to me, after my family. I want to have a book published. (I was about to write, “I want to be a published author”- I almost forgot that I already am! And I’m very proud of publishing a short […]
The Writing Relationship
I’ve had a relationship with Writing for most of my life. I was formally introduced to Writing in kindergarten. I learned about her, letter by letter, and I understood her mentally, but sometimes our physical relationship struggled as my 5 year-old hand shook and cramped, holding the pencil over the special dot-dash paper. As I […]
Niche Blogging: The Big Rule I’ve Been Breaking Since 2012
Since August 2012, I’ve been breaking a big blogging rule. That was when I stopped writing only about books and reading, and decided to open up the blog to new ideas and themes. Since then, I’ve written on a variety of topics: parenting, gratitude, cancer, style, time management, self improvement… the number of categories listed […]