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Category Archives: Other Writers
What is Home?
Welcome to another Tuesday with TED. This week we have California-based writer Pico Iyer asking what is home? Increasing numbers of people worldwide are living in countries not considered their own. Iyer — who himself has three or four “origins” … Continue reading
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Tagged Creativity, Home, Pico Iyer, Travel, Unplanned Life, Writing Life
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The Birth of a Spoken Word Poet
Welcome to another Tuesday with TED. This week we have spoken word poet Sarah Kay telling the story of her metamorphosis from a wide-eyed teenager soaking in verse at New York’s Bowery Poetry Club to a teacher connecting kids with the … Continue reading
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Tagged Creativity, Poetry, Sarah Kay, Spoken Word, Truth, Unplanned Life, Writing Life
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Your Elusive Creative Genius
Welcome to another Tuesday with TED. This week we have Elizabeth Gilbert, the author of Committed and Eat, Pray, Love, as well as other fiction and nonfiction books, who speaks about “Your Elusive Creative Genius.” And guess what? She thinks all … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Creativity, Elizabeth Gilbert, Expectations, Fear, Genius, Memoir, Unplanned Life, Writing Life
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The Writer’s March Challenge 2013
Maybe it’s the lawyer in me, but I’ve always been a sucker for a good challenge. So I’ve decided to particpate once again in A Writer’s March as a way to get myself back into a more consistent (i.e., daily) writing … Continue reading
Spend a Night With The Petaluma Readers Theatre
Many of you have asked for details on the Petaluma Readers Theatre production that will include my story, “Elliot Comes to Play.” The story won a Flash Nonfiction Award and was published in Tiny Lights: A Journal of Personal Narrative … Continue reading
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Tagged Infertility, Memoir, Transitions, Writing Life
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A Writer’s March Challenge
Maybe it’s the lawyer in me, but I’m a sucker for a good challenge. So I’ve decided to particpate in A Writer’s March again this year as a way to get myself back into a consistent writing routine. A Writer’s … Continue reading


