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MOUNT RAINIER CALLS JOHN MUIR, ME, AND YOU TOO

“The mountains are calling and I must go,” said John Muir. If go you must, then go prepared. Most important is going with the right people. Or person. It’s not a marriage, but there are some similarities with a good travel partner. Can you take it if they make fun of your driving? Make […]

LIFE CHANGE UP? SAW-WING BATTER, BATTER, BATTER

See a fat pitch down the middle and get hold of it. After that they all look like a fat pitch down the middle. All you need to do is stand in and swing for the fences T-ball style. That’s baseball, but how does it connect to your busy life?

3 WAYS MISLABELED INFO TAGS THE WRITER

Or how mislabeled info mislabels you. The first time a writer posts a piece online they create an identity. Everything after adds to the evidence. Boomerpdx runs over a thousand posts strong on topics divided by category buttons. Inside each category, like an outline, posts ride on tags, key words, and seo magic. […]

WRITE YOUR STORY SOONER THAN LATER

You can handle your frightening truth, so write your story. Writers inspired by Inspirational Writers lean toward inspirational writing? It seems natural. Buying Gabriele Lusser Rico’s Writing the Natural Way felt just as natural. Who doesn’t need ‘A Course in Enhancing Creativity and Writing Confidence.’ I know I do. I feel more creative […]

WRITERS, WRITING CLASSES, ENGLISH DEPARTMENTS

Best advice from writing classes? College freshman might change their major. More than once. But over and over? Relax, it happens. And it’s not pretty. Finding yourself in college is expensive. Even if Major Changer milks it long enough they finish with a degree others call worthless, as in, “what were you thinking?” That’s […]

A PLACE CALLED MARRIAGE? PASS THE MAP HONEY

Only a wedding cartographer knows the road to a place called marriage. Alain de Botton wrote “Why You Will Marry the Wrong Person” for the NY Times. As a married man with two kids, what does Alain’s wife make of his prediction? If he’s the wrong person, is she the right one? These are […]

IF YOU WRITE A BLOG, WRITERS’ BLOCK NOT ALLOWED

So you think you can write a blog? Really? If you hang out with writers, you’ve heard of THE BLOCK, writers’ block. Sounds like this: “I sit there like a writer. I fill up the screen with words. None of it makes sense. Day after day I delete, then delete some more. I’m lost.” Lost, […]

AUTHOR FANHOOD NEEDED FOR BOOMERS

If you’re a grown up adult, show your author fanhood. You have a favorite athlete, movie star? A favorite politician and king. Why not a favorite author? Where’s your author fanhood? It’s not that big a deal, and it doesn’t make you a pretentious phony. Fanhood reaches all areas of life, why not authors? College […]

WRITING FROM THE HEART (WHAT TO LEAVE OUT)

Do you practice writing from the heart, or even plan to? Romance writers practice writing from the heart, even when their stories take a turn for the worst. Action writers do it, writing from the heart, just to remind you they’ve got one. Adventure writers fill pages with writing from the heart to make you […]

MOUNT RAINIER CALLS JOHN MUIR, ME, AND YOU TOO

LIFE CHANGE UP? SAW-WING BATTER, BATTER, BATTER

3 WAYS MISLABELED INFO TAGS THE WRITER

WRITE YOUR STORY SOONER THAN LATER

WRITERS, WRITING CLASSES, ENGLISH DEPARTMENTS

A PLACE CALLED MARRIAGE? PASS THE MAP HONEY

IF YOU WRITE A BLOG, WRITERS’ BLOCK NOT ALLOWED

WRITING FROM THE HEART (WHAT TO LEAVE OUT)

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