Purpose and Direction I recently had the good, er, fortune of breaking open a fortune cookie and seeing this statement: “Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.” This was an apropos fortune, as I happened to be contemplating a blog post of how to generate focused and Read more…
The Blank Screen I started writing a new story the other day. So much of my time these last few months has been spent on revising stories that I had (almost) forgotten what it was like to start fresh, to have a completely blank screen in front of me. As Read more…
When to Use a Hyphen Have you seen the meme touting irony, the one with the juxtaposed words hyphenated and non-hyphenated? I’ve seen it shared dozens of times on social media, and I’ve probably even smiled at it. The problem with that meme? Non-hyphenated does not require a hyphen. Nonhyphenated Read more…