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Today’s prompt on Writer’s Digest was to simply write for 15 minutes – no matter the form or function, the level of completion, or the amount of satisfaction it provides. Among the many challenges for writers who draw distinctions between writing for pleasure and writing for “work” is the ability to drown out the noise.
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Today’s Writer’s Digest challenge was to write comments about an article on writing. Several options were provided. My comments were regarding Edward Nudelman’s “Poetry, Passion, and Physics,” which I read by judging the title with something like disbelief that poetry and physics could possibly be related in any real way. What I discovered, however, is
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Today’s Writer’s Digest prompt is to write a love / hate list. In the end, perhaps a couple of items from the love list can be used to overcome a couple of things on the hate list in a poem, short story, or novel. Here is my attempt: Things I Love:My childrenMy churchWritingReadingJournalsPoems, poets, and
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Write for 15 minutes. That is today’s challenge from Writer’s Digest. I do not understand what is happening to me with this dissertation journey. I feel an enormous amount of pressure to write in a way that is just not natural for me. In a way, this is actually beneficial; I understand how my students
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Another challenge I have joined is a 12-day writing challenge from Writer’s Digest. Day 1 specifies we write our writing goals for 2026. Here are mine: Write every single day. Complete my dissertation. Submit a poem a month in Writers Write 12 Poems challenge. Submit a short story six times this year in Writers Write
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What business of a poet is it to watch an entire weekend of NFL football games. Even as I write this post, I am keenly aware that next weekend is arguably the best weekend of the entire NFL season – Wildcard Weekend! In many ways, this weekend is so much better than even Superbowl Weekend
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Accountability. I feel I will grow to detest it.
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A writer. That is what I am. For better or worse, richer or poorer, in sickness or in health – I am a writer.
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Happy New Year! Happy 2026! This is the year. I believe this is the year that He is making all things new. That was the verse that started 2026 in my Bible app this morning – and I fully embrace this verse. I fully believe He is going to make all things new in our
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When Winter Goes Missing I have actually enjoyed this winter, which has been surprisingly warm, and I do not typically like these kinds of winters. We were able to go out to the lake today – an 83 degree overcast, breezy day. The fish were not really biting, however, since the lake was lower than
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Our Walk toward Wisdom 