The Artist’s Road turns two years old next month, and I’ve received some pretty fishy emails during this run, such as people wanting to pay me to run their blog posts. I always decline; my readers aren’t for sale. Yesterday I was told I was named a Top 50 Blog for Authors. I was immediately […]
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Tracking the Wonder of ‘I’ in Your Blog
September 20, 2012 
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As I prepare for the next blog workshop I’m teaching through The Writer’s Center, writer and creativity consultant Jeffrey Davis of Tracking Wonder has kindly offered me a guest-post slot on his blog. I write about how a blogger can make the most effective use of the single most powerful word in the English language, […]
Read moreCreativity Tweets of the Week – 9/14/12
September 14, 2012 10 Comments
It dawned on me that I should collect some of the best links on writing and creativity I tweet during the week and compile them in a single, easy-to-use guide. I thought I’d call it “Creativity Tweets of the Week.” Oh yeah, I used to do this pretty regularly, didn’t I? Here at the Artist’s […]
Read moreAllowing Your Blogging Voice to Evolve
September 10, 2012 28 Comments
The art and craft of blogging is on my mind as I prepare to teach my next six-week workshop, “Writing Compelling Blog Posts.” I’ll be teaching on Capitol Hill in D.C. this time, starting on Monday, September 24th. If you’re local, I’d love to have you in the class. If not, then I’d welcome your […]
Read moreIs Your Creative Muse Getting Regular Exercise?
August 17, 2012 30 Comments
Not too long ago I shrank in my seat while attending a leadership seminar. Two of the speakers said their secret to a creative and productive day was spending an hour each morning exercising. Working out cleared their heads, they said, and gave them energy to sustain themselves throughout the day, improving their mood while […]
Read moreMFA Nugget: Is Your Dialogue Scintillating?
June 29, 2012 15 Comments
WARNING: At the bottom of this post I have retyped the result of a writing exercise I authored an hour ago. My sincerest apologies. You hold the rejection letter in your hand, wondering why the editor didn’t rush to publish your short story. Your opening was like a bundle of firecrackers. Your plot was written […]
Read moreVisit These Six Blogs. Now.
May 24, 2012 10 Comments
I have just concluded teaching a six-week class–”Writing Compelling Blog Posts” at The Writer’s Center in Bethesda, Maryland–and thoroughly enjoyed learning more about blogging and writing myself, as we spent six Tuesday nights workshopping each other’s potential blog posts. We were a bit large for a workshop–eighteen strong, when everyone could make it–but we found […]
Read moreCreativity Tweets of the Week – 4/20/12
April 20, 2012 5 Comments
You shouldn’t be reading blogs right now. It’s spring. Go outside and frolic in the grass. You can read these links later, in bed, while recovering from your allergy attack. CREATIVITY “4 Secrets of Great Critical Thinkers,” Paul J. H. Schoemaker, Inc.: I’m shocked “Eat bacon” isn’t on the list. “Slow down” is. “9 Inspirational […]
Read more5 Things to Remember While You Blog
April 13, 2012 32 Comments
So you’ve answered the “5 Questions to Ask Before You Blog” that I posed to you in the last post, and your blog is underway. Congratulations! Remember that your blog is a project of creative writing as much as your novel-in-progress or budding memoir. But there are important differences, and they are worth keeping in […]
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It Takes a Village to Grow a Blog
It’s all well and good for me to say I want to foster a community here at The Artist’s Road, but what does that really mean? And does an online community really matter? I’ve reflected on these questions a fair amount lately. The community of blogging was the focus of my curriculum materials in Week […]
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