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What Do You Want to See on The Artist’s Road?
Happy holidays, readers! I’m now about two months into my fourth year with The Artist’s Road–it’s true, I launched in October of 2010–and I must say the third was pretty fun. I was blessed to have two...
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What To Expect from the Artist’s Road in 2014
Perhaps a 2014 resolution for me should be to gain readers in Africa and South America. I say that because among the dozens of responses to my survey requesting feedback on what to write about in 2014...
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The Fundamentals of Middle-School Blogging
On what topics would an eighth grader blog? Anything and everything, I’ve learned. During an all-day creative writing workshop I conducted with about forty students at Henrico County Public Schools‘...
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5 Blog Posts that Keep Readers Coming Back
One common misconception I find many of my Loft blogging students have is that they believe their blog is like a book written in real time, with each chapter building upon the last. I have to point out...
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Road to Publication: The Blog Tour Begins
Author tours rarely proved a profitable investment for book publishers, but I have to imagine there are moments of fun for the authors. Yes, travel has its nuisances–and I suppose I speak with some...
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Lessons on Writing Dialogue from a Memoirist
Showing my appreciation for the blog love I’m finding post-publication of Committed: A Memoir of the Artist’s Road… My blog tour following the publication of Committed: A Memoir of the Artist’s Road...
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Writing Nonfiction to Read Like Fiction
The blogger hosting me this week, Cynthia Robertson, is from Arizona, where I grew up. I’ll be back in Arizona on January 2nd for a book signing. (Here I am pictured on Phoenix’s South Mountain in...
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Creative Wisdom from COMMITTED Creatives
I shared a photo taken from my cross-country road trip with The Loft for my latest guest post there. Here’s another one. Long before Committed: A Memoir of the Artist’s Road was published, I had been...
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ICYMI: A Collection of Creativity Clips
An image from my 2010 cross-country road trip and an excerpt from Committed: A Memoir of the Artist’s Road I didn’t share on Melissa Crytzer Fry’s What I Saw blog, from the Mormon Temple in Salt Lake...
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5 Reasons Why I’m Ending The Artist’s Road Blog
I’m asked a lot of questions in the blogging classes I teach for The Loft Literary Center, but one I’m rarely asked is, “How do I know when it’s time to shut down my blog?” It is perhaps the toughest...
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