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The potential of the average person is like a huge ocean unsailed, a new continent unexplored, a world of possibilities waiting to be released and channeled toward some great good.” Brian Tracy “The greatest achievement was at first and for … Continue reading →

“The universe is made of stories, not atoms.”Muriel Rukeyser Bravo, Muriel: Spoken like a writer! And surely, this view is shared by the people who run the National Diary Archive Foundation in Pieve Santo Stefano, Italy — a small Tuscan … Continue reading →

Autumn The morns are meeker than they were,The nuts are getting brown;The berry’s cheek is plumper,The rose is out of town. The maple wears a gayer scarf,The field a scarlet gown.Lest I should be old-fashioned,I’ll put a trinket on. Emily … Continue reading →

“If there’s a story in you, it has to come out. “ “Don’t be a ‘writer.’ Be writing.”William Faulkner Sometimes a concentrated dose of wit and wisdom from one writer can give us a shot of adrenalin. Since today, September 25, … Continue reading →

Today, September 24, is National Punctuation Day. It was started in 2004 by a guy named Jeff who wanted to encourage a deeper appreciation of the joys and challenges of proper punctuation.  In honor of a day that we writers … Continue reading →

“It took me my whole life to learn what not to play.”Dizzy Gillespie “A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine … Continue reading →

“Writing is easy. All you have to do is cross out the wrong words.”Mark Twain Back when Mark Twain was a riverboat pilot, steamships ruled the Mississippi. When a railroad decided to build a bridge over the river, the steamboat … Continue reading →

“Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.”Seneca, ancient philosopher and statesman Seneca was a wise man and a wise writer. Though he lived in a very different age, the challenges he faced are much the same as those … Continue reading →

Blackberry Eating I love to go out in late Septembeeramong the fat, overripe, icy, black blackberriesto eat blackberries for breakfast,the stalks very prickly, a penaltythey earn for knowing the black artof blackberry-making; and as I stand among themlifting the stalks … Continue reading →

Writing takes focus, mental and physical stamina, and will power. Research shows that food has an enormous impact on our focus when working on projects needing concentration and discipline. Foods that supply our brains with steady doses of glucose boost … Continue reading →