Week of Poetry
I’ve started a crazy week of poetry and before I get too involved and the week is gone, I wanted to share all the wonderful poetry projects I have lined up this week. Although I normally try to post on...
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Promoting Poetry
Poetry is a powerful force. It has come into my life unexpectedly and taken over in ways I’d never imagined. One of those ways is this intense desire I now have to share my love of poetry and the unique...
Cracking Poetry Wide Open — Part 1 Introducing Poetry
A couple of months ago, I wrote about a community project I named Cracking Poetry Wide Open, wherein the mission is to introduce poetry in a new way to make reading, writing, and understanding poetry accessible to people. The Project...
Submission Fees: Which are Valid and Which are Scams
From speaking to new writers to reading comments left on poetry contest announcements, I’ve discovered that there are a lot of writers who think they understand submission fees and when they are a scam. And through this casual observation, I...
Dialogue Tags – Helpful Tips
Dialogue livens up a story and serves a critical role, but equally important is the dialogue tag. Today, I’m teaching how to handle dialogue tags with finesse and just as important, why dialogue tags should be handled in certain ways....
