How you can help Hurricane Maria victims in Puerto Rico
I’m so happy to be able to communicate with you again. As many of you know, I live in western Puerto Rico. In this post I want to tell you a little about my family’s experience with Maria, and how you can help Puerto Rico. On Thursday, September 21st, when the sun...
What to do if you can’t go on a writer’s retreat
Imagine yourself on a writer’s retreat. No committee meetings. No teaching. No grading (weeeee!!!!). No meals to prepare. No small humans or pets to care for. Just you, your writing project, and the focus you’ve needed for so long. But let’s get...
What is a writing roadmap? (and why you need one)
Does any of this sound familiar? You feel overwhelmed because you are being pulled in a thousand directions. You have this nagging feeling that you should be writing, but you can’t figure out how to fit it in. You have about three articles almost done, two others half...
Telling your career narrative
We had a great Google Hangout call as part of the Virtual Writer’s Retreat this week. One of the members began talking about how she had her tenure requirements in the front of her mind all the time while writing. She went on to explain that the requirements include a...
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