-
Today I had the honor of participating in a discussion about Journaling at the Forest Hills Country Club. Hosted by the Rockford Network of Professional Women and facilitated by Kelly Epperson Simmons, I was part of an impressive panel that included guests Melanie Perry and Gabrielle Javier-Cerulli. This experience in one word? WOW. Now, there are any…
-
Surprise! This is not a political rant! No, it’s more of a public service announcement. I’m here to remind you to CHOOSE YOUR WORDS CAREFULLY when doing an internet search. Internet searches are nothing new (anymore). We’ve all done them–Google is a verb, for goodness sake! And we…
-
It’s November and with November comes National Novel Writing Month. NaNoWriMo for short. NaNo for shorter. This is the sixth year I’ve participated. I LOVE NANO. I like having an external deadline, November 30, and an expected outcome, 50,000 words. I like being forced to make time to accommodate those goals. I like the camaraderie of other…
-
I attended the DeKalb Area Creative Writers’ workshop this past Saturday to discuss Rewriting and Revising. It was strongly suggested that we not use the word “revision” when going over our work. The prefix “re” means “back” or “again”. “Vision” means “to see”. Literally, “to see again”. How does that help? You’re not looking to re-see it.…
-
Two weeks from tomorrow is election day. The day we cast our vote to elect the next American president. My president. Your president. OUR PRESIDENT. I’m POSITIVE it will be a NEGATIVE election. Why would the election be any different than the campaigning? It seems no one likes either candidate. (Can you say “understatement”?) Instead…
-
I have my first official book signing for my novel, Pocket Money, on Sunday, October 9, at a wonderful Indie bookstore called Mystery to Me in Madison. I’ll be sharing an author panel with Kristin Oakley, who was kind enough to initiate this event, and YA author Kathleen Tresemer. Kristin is the author of God on Mayhem Street,…
-
As most of you know by now, one of my passions is a little project I call Word of Art. It’s a fabulous collaboration of authors and artists, sponsored by In Print Professional Writers’ Organization, that culminates in a gallery show, reception with program, and hard cover, full-color publication. In our third year, we are…
-
We’ve had a very busy couple of days. I was in Chicago on Thursday to tour the Art Institute, then Bunco on Friday, followed by the NIU home-opener on Saturday, sadly, neither I nor NIU won, and then bbsitting on Sunday. Here are a handful of things I learned: I live about a mile and three-quarters…
-
We’ve been in the new house four months. Here are a handful of things that make me happy I moved: Closet Space. Do I really need to elaborate? Those with will understand and those without will rightfully covet. The Pool and Hot Tub. Those were not necessarily selling points, but since they came with the…
-
Subscribe
Subscribed
Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
MARY LAMPHERE AUTHOR 