Julia Cameron’s new book, Write For Life, starts with this idea that our writing declares that we matter. When we write letters to others, we are declaring that others matter to us enough for us to share our words with them. …

Well, I did it. It’s not the one I had started out to write and finish first, but that is no matter. When I started on Medium just under a year ago, I wanted to write here about my writing process. Partly because I just wanted an outlet to share…

It has taken me a while to figure out what is the best way to put myself out there as a writer. For years I have written on a blog that is obviously in the public sphere as it is online, but I have never actively publicized it to draw…

So, I have begun to consider how to “self-publish” a short book that I wrote as part of an ongoing series on how to get settled in Italy, specifically our region of Umbria. As it is meant to be primarily an e-book that is heavily factual rather than sharing a…

Well, it’s a new year and as you can see I went off the writing wagon a few months ago. The holiday season and travels alway have a way of making it difficult to maintain habits. Something I have started to learn is that we do not have to follow…

In the world of self-help, life coaches, success coaches, and the like, did you know there are also book coaches? Until a couple of years ago, it didn’t occur to me that such an industry or job existed. However, I was not surprised by the concept. Through my professional life…

I’ve recently been reading Stephen King’s On Writing. Although I am not yet finished, I have been enjoying the memoir-style advice on how to hone the craft. Thankfully, I feel as if I am on a pretty good trajectory based on what I’ve read so far. One suggestion that particularly…

When one decides they are a writer, how does one prove it? Like with people in the movie industry, writers can face the same dreaded question — Have you written anything I might have read? This is a strange question in itself as how would I know what someone else…

It took me almost forty years to decide that I wanted to call myself a writer. My profession for the past twenty plus years has been as an educator of the English language. Basically, I still found a way to be involved with words, though not in the way I…