Everything Actual is an Advantage Sensory detail grounds writing. In memoir, detail forms the shape of a lived experience. In a novel, the choice of which details to leave in
A Love Note to My Running Tribe My running group, Marathoner in Training (MIT), asked members to write a “Good Thing” that happened during the ever-so-odd and nearly cancelled
Inertia. Apathy. Terror. Was I alone in my delusion that becoming a published author would cure this ill, drive it from my mind? Having books out in the world with
Write Now Columbus – August 2020 Still here, still in the middle of the pandemic, still writing. Most things are virtual, while zoom fatigue is very real. Harvard Business
Learning from an Art that Needs No Words “What can an art of words take from the art that needs none? Yet I often think I’ve learned as much
“Writing is not just a process of creation. It is also a process of self-discovery.”—Cristina Istrati Self-discovery draws many writers to the page. We don’t know what we think
American novelist Alice Walker reminds us: “A writer, to be connected to the world, should have a circle that cares about the world. And out of that would come
Exhale with Words In meditation, we follow the breath in and out. We track body sensations, thoughts, and the movement of the mind. Meditation wakes us up to our
Ohioana Book Festival featuring Nita Sweeney and Other Ohio Authors Friday, August 28th, Saturday, August 29th, and Sunday, August 30th NOW A VIRTUAL THREE-DAY EVENT! I’m so excited to
Your Words are Your Wings As writers, we often feel responsible for speaking out, speaking up. In times of strife, (pandemic, revolution, both) silence signals complicity. Whether it’s a
