Writers, get the most out of your stories

In February, I wrote “Century old love letters go home for Valentine’s Day” for The Daily News, Longview, WA. (See the story on this blogsite.) My writing teacher said it was a great story. I didn’t know how great until, the morning it came out in the paper, Channel 2 News from Portland, OR called and [...]

New Book on Depression…Written by my Writing Instructor!

January 2, 2008
Today is an exciting day for my writing instructor Julie Fast! Her book “Get it Done While You’re Depressed” was released today, and she’s working hard to achieve a high ranking on Amazon. See her letter below mine. Maybe you can help.

Julie, whose bipolar disorder kept her from working until she created and [...]

Storystorm…It Looks Like This!

I think a picture of the “storystorm” in my head would look just like this. This colorful photo is printed here with the permission of artist Mike Patnode. After the holidays, I will start telling you Mike’s incredible story and that of his dedicated family. After Mike’s graduation from college, he never had a chance [...]

Learning to Blog

None of my friends blog, so I didn’t know where to go for help. I thought about my friend Noel Johnson, whose website www.lewiriver.com was designed by Matt Farnell of Farnell Web Design, www.farnellweb.com. I contacted Matt. He was already familiar with the Word Press blog, so that helped.
 This morning, Matt came to my house [...]

Writers are for Real

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Sure, Woodland’s a small town, but that doesn’t mean you won’t bump into a writer. When my husband and I were out to dinner one night with friends, a man and woman approached the table and started visiting with us. The woman turned out to be Pam Young, author (along with [...]