Dispatches - February 2012
Submitted by Joyce Faulkner on February 17, 2012 - 21:09
Hi everyone,
Writing
Articles and books about the writing process.
William E. Mayer Winner for February 2012
Submitted by Joyce Faulkner on February 17, 2012 - 20:43she wrote me one last letter
Howdy, new members
Submitted by Nancy Yockey Bonar on February 17, 2012 - 16:44
Tips & Tricks: Description -- The Good, the Bad, and the Unnecessary
Submitted by Joyce Faulkner on February 13, 2012 - 21:45
Tips & Tricks
Description -- The Good, the Bad, and the Unnecessary
The Healing Power of Writing
Submitted by Leila Levinson on February 8, 2012 - 10:39
As I toured the country last year to do readings from my book, Gated Grief, often, someone in the audience asked me, “How long did it take you to write the book?” That seemingly straightforward question has no straightforward answer. The origins of Gated Grief, a portrait of my father's PTSD from World War II and how it shaped my childhood, lay in my fervent erratic outpourings in the journal I began “keeping” in high school. (strange word: keeping) Some of those entries became a part of the book.