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Category Archives: Writing, blogging
A haiku for October
As I was researching AI and art/text generation, doing prep for tomorrow’s Digital Society class, I came across a website purporting to use AI to create poetry. Skeptical but intrigued, I followed the prompts to enter a noun, an adjective, … Continue reading
Writing Exercise – “Looking in the Rearview Mirror”
I wrote this essay as my exercise for this week’s writing group meeting. The prompt was “looking in the rearview mirror.” When I was in high school, one of my friends used to pull out a little compact with a … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Learning, Life, Writing, blogging
Tagged creative writing, creativity, Decision making, self-knowledge, writing, writing exercises
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Writing Exercise – “You left something behind”
I haven’t posted one of these exercises in a while. In fact, to my surprise, it has been well over a year! To recap: My longtime writing group (we’ve been together since 1991!) does short exercises to share each time … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Writing, blogging
Tagged creative writing, creativity, poetry, writing, writing exercises
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Adding free stock photos to your blog with quick, easy attribution
I was showing a student how to use free stock photos to illustrate an online project, and since I was doing the work anyway, I thought I’d put it here on my blog to share with anyone who was interested. … Continue reading
Posted in Writing, blogging
Tagged blogging, how to use stock photos with proper attribution
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How I write blog posts in “Classic Editor”
It has been about a year now since WordPress introduced the new Gutenberg “block editor.” Although my impression is that the block editor is nice for building websites, it is not very user friendly for someone who just wants to … Continue reading
Posted in Writing, blogging
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Writing Exercise – “Plain Talk”
It was my turn to select an exercise for writing group this week. Being incredibly busy at work and opting for shortcuts wherever legitimately possible, I turned to Ursula K. Le Guin’s wonderful Steering the Craft once again and found … Continue reading
Writing Exercise – “Protest Night”
Here’s an exercise from late October or early November. I can’t remember which member of our writing group assigned this exercise, but it’s another taken from Ursula K. Le Guin’s Steering the Craft: A Twenty-First-Century Guide to Sailing the Sea … Continue reading
The Key Book Publishing Paths: 2021–2022
Since 2013, I have been regularly updating this informational chart about the key book publishing paths. It is available as a PDF download—ideal for … The Key Book Publishing Paths: 2021–2022 Jane Friedman writes, speaks, and teaches online courses about all aspects … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Writing, blogging
Tagged books, fiction, nonfiction, publishing, writing
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Writing Exercise – “Heart in a Box”
Another writing-group exercise, this one from the end of last March. What an eerie, different time to remember. We understood almost nothing of Covid/COVID-19 (which we were still calling “the coronavirus”) and were newly under lockdown in Wisconsin, the governor’s … Continue reading
Posted in Writing, blogging
Tagged creative writing, fiction, flash fiction, writing exercises
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Writing Exercise – “Being Gorgeous” (An Alliterative Island Ghost Story)
This week’s writing exercise is another one from Ursula K. Le Guin’s marvelous book on writing, Steering the Craft: A Twenty-First-Century Guide to Sailing the Sea of Story (Amazon link HERE, in case you’re interested in checking it out). Our … Continue reading