Are you an artist who has lost all your creative mojo? Do you wake your muse up to ask her a question and she kicks you in the head and runs away laughing hysterically? Do you want to write more than anything, but just cannot get past that block? The Artist’s Way by Julia...
The makers of the UGLee sent me three of their pens to review for Book-in-a-Week readers. According to their literature the UGLee is a doctor created, doctor recommended, and doctor used writing instrument that is “mated with the smoothest ink system known, smoother than any roller, gel ink, fountain ink, etc out there.” It...
Back to School Prompts I had a love-hate relationship with school. From an early age I hated it. It was not until I was seventeen that I began to appreciate and enjoy it. We spend a great portion of our lives in school. There are lots of stories there. It is a good time...
Summer Holiday Prompts Summer fun in the sun usually began for me when school was out, now that I am married to a teacher… it still is. Only problem is every where we go in town he is recognized. “Hello, Mr. Wood!” follows us everywhere. I am sure you have some great summer holiday...
Canada Day Prompts On July 1st every year Canadians get out all their red and white clothing, flags and barbeque gear in an effort to celebrate what a great country they have. All this fun is of course culminated with an extravagant show of fireworks. Here are some prompts to help you write about...
“We want to believe that people have good intentions.” If you are not familiar with Jenna Glatzer then you really need this book because you are obviously not as internet/writer savvy as you need to be. Jenna was the creator of AbsoluteWrite.com, a writer friendly site. She is also the author of over fifteen...
Without Being Annoying When we think of advertising we often think of banners and fliers and postcards but in the age of the internet, personal advertising or self-promotion has grown into many mediums. Here are a five socially acceptable ways that are taken for granted or often over looked when it comes to leaving...
Puppy Prompts Everyone loves puppies. They are so cute and cuddly you cannot help but smile. I spent my whole childhood pining over other people’s dogs wishing for one of my own. For as long as I can remember I wanted a German Shepherd and was known to go up to anything and win...
Writing is not always as inspiring as we would like it to be and while I feel our lack of inspiration has a lot to do with boredom I still feel we have control over where our inspiration comes from when it does not automatically come from within. Twelve Places to Look for Inspiration:...
Professional Secretary’s Day Prompts Or Administrative Professionals Day or Professional Secretaries Day depending on what you prefer. This day, April 26 (during Administrative Professionals Week, April 23-29), is set aside for all the assistants to get formally acknowledged for all the behind the scenes work they do to keep many businesses and establishments running....
