Letchworth State Park: A Unique New York Park
There is no way to learn or see everything about a park on your first trip. This being said, we visited a new park in search of colorful leaves this …
What creative activity do you engage in when you’re not writing?
Insecure Writers Want to Know A creative activity? I like to take photographs in nature. I create scrapbooks of my many adventures with the family, filled with snippets from brochures …
Jasper National Park: The Canadian Rockies Part 2
More surprises awaited us as we finished our Canadian Rockies adventure. My last post about our trip to Jasper National Park can be found here. The Rockies snagged the clouds …
Ghost stories and October fit together. What’s your favorite classic ghostly tale? Why does it sends chills up your spine?
Insecure Writers Want to Know Remember, guys. I’m the big chicken of the group when it comes to scary stories. They keep me awake at night. Therefore, my ghost stories …
Interview: Iris Applewood Author of Keeper of Lost Loves
I would like to introduce you to fellow writer and friend Iris Applewood author of Keeper of Lost Loves. I met Iris through an online authors’ group associated with Author …
How to Make the Most of Soggy Tent Camping
Remember our visit to Cherry Springs State Park in Western Pennsylvania that I spoke about in my Star Gazing in Pennsylvania blog post? The campsite reservations didn’t stick and we …
Back to school time! What’s an English grammar rule you learned in school that messed you up as a creative writer?
Insecure Writers Want to Know Oh, English class. I love English grammar. Diagramming sentences. Parts of speech. Conjugating verbs. Introductory phrases. Dependent clauses. I know, I know. I’m that irritating …
Interview: Hannah Jordan Author of For You I’d Break
I would like to introduce you to fellow writer and friend Hannah Jordan. I met Hannah at South Jersey Writers Group. She has published short form literary fiction and nonfiction. …
5 Tips for Surviving the Heat While Hiking or Camping
One of my daughters and I had a tent-camping trip planned to Western Massachusetts this summer. Of course, it coincided with one of those devastating, muggy-hot heat waves that occur …
Do you use AI in your writing? If so how? Do you use it for your posts? Incorporate AI into your stories? Use it for research? Audio?
Insecure Writers Want to Know Okay. It’s true. I don’t know enough about AI to use it for my writing. ChatGPT or any of the other programs. Besides, I prefer …