Archive for December, 2011

Writing Tip #14: How Does Your Writing Feel?

When I wrote my memoir Blackbird, I told the truth of how my mother died when I was seven and my father died when I was nine. I also …

Writing Tip #13: Be Clear/Be Real/Connect

Great writing is clear writing. Clear writing isn’t fancy or even that “smart” but the intelligence of well done writing becomes obvious when we read it and more obvious when we attempt to write that way ourselves. Writing in the clearest way possible is hard. When a writer nails that clarity, a …

Call #5: Adoption Awareness Month

“I think you can only take on what you can take on and when you’re
ready, then you take the next step,” ~ Marnie Tetz, Adoptee

“I’m now strong enough to support other people,
and that moves you into another level of healing
that’s really freeing,” ~ Bernadette Rymer, Reunited birth mom

Featuring: Marnie Tetz, President of …