Starry nights…

Tuesday, February 17th, 2009

[Creative Commons photo from Flickr; Philipp Klinger's photostream: Gotham City http://www.flickr.com/photos/dcdead/]

[Creative Commons photo from Flickr; Paulo Brandao's photostream: frozen light in a snow weekend, Manzaneda http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulobrandao/]

One of the students I’ve been tutoring has agreed to let me share one of her essays. Please read and enjoy:

Starry Night… [by [...]

Writing rituals…

Tuesday, February 17th, 2009

One of the suggested post-reading activities from a recent assigned reading task included this:
“Develop a list of your personal writing rituals and how they help (or hinder!) your writing.”
I was inspired to draft my own list:
Holly’s Personal Writing Rituals
* Open a window (whenever possible, have fresh air) [alternatively, sit on our [...]

hodge-podge (WiZiQ, a good book, more)

Saturday, July 26th, 2008

Hello to all readers.
Well, this morning I’m experiencing an odd clash of emotions.  I’ve been using WiZiQ (http://wiziq.com) for some months now, with as many students and friends as I’ve been able to convince to try it.
I have scheduled sporadic chats on WiZiQ and invited many prior students, colleagues, others to join me to ‘play’ [...]