Month: June 2013

  • The Oddest Great Review I’ve Ever Received: Free Flash Fiction Course #writers

    You’ve heard of damning with faint praise. It’s common. But have you ever heard of praising with loud damns? I hadn’t. But I read this through three or four times, and was laughing out loud by the final go-round. Here’s the link to a review for my free How To Write Flash Fiction That Doesn’t…

  • Upcoming Stories and Classes #writer #reader

    I’ve been nearly invisible here for ages because migraines left me with barely enough energy to keep courses running and get some writing done. But a low-sodium diet is proving to have a 1:1 correlation with the migraines—if I accidentally eat something high in sodium, I pay for it with three days of migraines, starting…

  • Learn to fix the biggest mistake writers make in 3 minutes #writers

    I put together a fun, but also useful, three-minute writing lesson for you. I’ve thrown in a free printable PDF lesson with built-in worksheets about how to escape the single worst problem ALL writers face, which you can get if you enjoy the video. Make sure your sound is on. I figured this would be…

  • A chink in the armor of the never-ending migraines?

    I’m not here. It’s Saturday, and I take Saturdays off, so I’m not here. Which is the perfect way to note that I haven’t had a migraine in a week. It has also been not here. Matt did a bunch of research, and about two weeks ago, we started trying something he came up with…

  • A Silly Game: Work Excuses That Require More Explanation

    So here’s the game. Pretend you have to explain why you aren’t coming in to work, class, home, or another essential destination, and pretend that (for whatever reason) your boss, spouse, professor—whoever has the right to the full tale—is absolutely, positively going to find out some portion of the truth. You don’t have the time,…