by sludwig | Dec 22, 2017 | Classroom Stories, Inspirations, Teaching Writing, Writing, Writing Life, Writing Practice, Writing Tips
I love when Facebook randomly picks old posts to remind me what was. This one came up today – me with my Creative Writing Club from the Simkin Middle School in Winnipeg circa 1998/99. Talk about a sunrise/sunset moment – these amazing girls are now pushing 30, each so...
by sludwig | Nov 14, 2017 | Exercise, Inspirations, Starting Again, Teaching Writing, Uncategorized, Writing, Writing Exercises, Writing Life
I recently listened to a great master class with the writer Ruth Ozeki (this class is one of many, MANY reasons I strongly recommend joining Story Is A State Of Mind). In it, she talks about struggling with wanting to write magical realism but not knowing how. The...
by sludwig | Jul 18, 2017 | Exercise, Uncategorized, Writing, Writing Life
When I turned 40, my husband surprised me with a three-night trip to Mexico. The relaxation benefits of the trip extended far beyond our actual time away. Whenever I needed a mini-break in the weeks leading up to our departure, I would sit back and scroll through the...
by sludwig | Jul 18, 2017 | Starting Again, Uncategorized, Writing, Writing Life
“So, are you still writing?” I get asked this a lot, and I always feel like the bottom is falling out of my stomach. Of course I’m still writing. I have never stopped writing. I have a bookshelf full of spiral bound, pretty journals to prove it. I sit down every day,...
by sludwig | Jul 18, 2017 | Publications, Uncategorized, Writing, Writing Life
I made a promise to myself a few months back that I would submit two stories a month to literary journals, contests, online magazines, etc. After two years of working on a collection of short stories, I now have 15 stories in the bank. They are good stories. Some are...
by sludwig | Jul 18, 2017 | Inspirations, Starting Again, Uncategorized, Writing, Writing Life
Yesterday I sat for a headshot photo shoot. It’s been 11 years since I last did this. The last time I had my photo taken, professionally, I had a book deal in hand. I was living the dream – getting headshots done because I needed them for a book jacket, for posters...
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