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A Lighter Look at the Writer's Life
What’s Your Season?

Life consists of seasons, and, weather-wise, as I type this post, we are beginning my favorite season: fall. I…
October 6, 2024
A Lighter Look at the Writer's Life
An Expiration Date . . . For Writing?

Do you pay attention to expiration dates? They seem to be on everything these days, from perishable foods to…
September 6, 2024
A Lighter Look at the Writer's Life
Happy Days Are Here Again

A few years ago, I got to the point where I could not watch the evening news. It was…
August 6, 2024
A Lighter Look at the Writer's Life
Keep Rolling

I love quotes, motivational thoughts, words of wisdom or whatever you like to call them. The writer in me…
July 6, 2024
A Lighter Look at the Writer's Life
Flow or Struggle?

Imagine with me for a moment: it’s a Monday night, the last night before your Almost An Author deadline…
May 6, 2024
A Lighter Look at the Writer's Life
Pop go the Pop References!

I teach Public Speaking to college and high school students, and one thing we talk about is “Shared Meaning.”…
April 7, 2024
A Lighter Look at the Writer's Life
Taming the Inner Copyeditor

“Your the best!” “Let’s go over their.” “The Smith’s” Are you cringing? I am. Welcome to my world. Am…
March 6, 2024
A Lighter Look at the Writer's Life
Confessions of a Writers Conference Junkie

We are coming upon the time of the year I call “conference season,” when most writers conferences are held.…
February 7, 2024
A Lighter Look at the Writer's Life
Diving Deeper in a New Year

It’s the dawn of a new year, so it’s time to reevaluate our lives and make resolutions we are…
January 4, 2024
A Lighter Look at the Writer's Life
Go Tell Your Story

Storytelling has the power to touch people deep in their souls. I should know, as I have experienced the…
December 6, 2023
A Lighter Look at the Writer's Life
Of Miners and Light

Several years ago, I portrayed a coal miner in a community play, and it opened my eyes to some…
November 6, 2023
A Lighter Look at the Writer's Life
It’s Only A season

Currently, here in my “neck of the woods” as we call it in Eastern Kentucky, we are in the…
October 6, 2023
A Lighter Look at the Writer's Life
Where’s the Light?

There’s a story of a family whose electricity went out one night. The various children tried to maneuver in…
September 6, 2023
A Lighter Look at the Writer's Life
Sunnyside Up

“Walking on Sunshine” “You are my Sunshine” “Keep on the Sunny Side” Okay, which one are you singing right…
August 6, 2023
A Lighter Look at the Writer's Life
Trust the Process?

Recently I was going through some old documents and found a piece about the writing process. It was similar…
July 6, 2023
A Lighter Look at the Writer's Life
Camp Write-A-Lot

I never attended summer camp as a kid. Don’t feel sorry for me, as, back then, it was something…
June 6, 2023
A Lighter Look at the Writer's Life
Hangin’ Tough in the Hallway

“Until God opens the next door, praise Him in the hallway.” This phrase has become quite popular over the…
May 6, 2023
A Lighter Look at the Writer's Life
Gallant or Goofus Writer?

I was an early reader and gobbled up anything I could get my hands on to read, from library…
April 6, 2023
A Lighter Look at the Writer's Life
What Should I Be Writing?

The other day I was driving and thinking. That can be a scary combination, but I allowed my mind…
March 6, 2023
A Lighter Look at the Writer's Life
WRTR, UR SPECIAL

Ahhh, Valentine’s Day . . . the holiday of love. Does it make you have warm feelings? Or queasy,…
February 7, 2023
A Lighter Look at the Writer's Life
You Saw My Book Where?

For years, I dreamed of being an author and seeing my name on a book in a real-live bookstore.…
January 6, 2023
A Lighter Look at the Writer's Life
At the Finish Line

As I write this post, I am nearing the finish line. I am not a runner—not by any means.…
October 6, 2022
A Lighter Look at the Writer's Life
Let’s Get Serious (For Once)

I hope you, loyal readers of Almost An Author, will bear with me as I get serious this month.…
September 6, 2022