I invite local writers — including newspaper reporters, published authors of books, poets, songwriters, bloggers, and journalers — to spend the day talking with and teaching students
about their lives as writers.
Instead of the dreaded «what I did on summer vacation,» have students write a paragraph (for the youngest writers) or two or three (for ages 7 +)
about their lives as writers, their experiences, likes and dislikes.
Moses: Could you tell me something interesting that you've never shared with the public
about your life as a writer?
It's a book
about life as a writer; the struggle of being a writer.
Whether you want to ask me questions
about life as a writer / podcaster, tell me what you think of my books, talk to me about your own projects, or just commiserate with someone about how much the Bears suck this year (they're making me cry), I answer every email I receive.
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Valerie earned a degree in history from the University of New Mexico, and
as a freelance
writer combines her love of history with her extensive experience in the tourism industry to provide insightful, informative articles
about life in Italy.
I'm doing what I always wanted to do — making a
living as a
writer, traveling the country talking
about my books, working on projects that I care
about.
Of course there are other reasons for my sporadic blogging this year: a surprise new baby coming which completely disoriented us, a new book to finish writing (and I will share all
about that in January), travelling and speaking all over North America, stewarding the message of Jesus Feminist throughout her first year of
life, creating the Jesus Feminist collection with Imagine Goods, a trip to Haiti, new opportunities
as a
writer, three tinies at home with their own
lives and drama and growth and change, remodelling parts of our home, marriage, church, friends,
life, work, laundry (oh, can we talk laundry?!)
«That starts with our team,» he says when asked
about how he's made Black - ish
as balanced
as it is, pointing to its «very eclectic group of
writers» that «reflects the world in which we
live.»
It seemed that such
writers as Albert Camus, Jean - Paul Sartre, Richard Wright and James Baldwin could speak much more creatively than theologians
about life and suffering.
There are many other indicators in this context,
as well
as the chapter, that the
writer of Hebrews is not talking
about loss of the deliverance from hell to heaven, but loss of the blessings of sanctification and rewards, and the loss of «saving of the
life» in vs 39.
The
writer talks
about his
life as a slave and a shepherd and his journey to Cumae, which brings him closer to continual repentance and to God.
While King David and Paul and just
about every biblical
writer speaks extensively
about the profound effects of sin on our
lives, there's not
as much Scriptural support
as you might think for the notion of «total depravity»
as is often explained by Christians.
As part of our comment series from Food Matters
Live 2014, Ruth Holroyd, freelance
writer, reports from the conference debate
about behaviour change that took place on 18 November 2014.
Zina Harrington, the mama of 2 girls, is the founder and primary
writer of Lasso the Moon, a lovely blog all
about making your
life as a parent more fun, enjoyable, memorable and easier.
As a classroom teacher and
writer, he teaches children, teens, and adults
about the real keys to success in
life.
While this
writer will not raise any form of specificity in terms personality disorders
about Nigerians
living across the 36 States of Nigeria,
as such move would require clinical diagnosis on an individual basis.
Running alongside the posters will be a «rush hour» social media campaign featuring a wider range of thoughts from humanist
writers,
as well
as quizzes encouraging people to think
about life.
What interests her
about labs is not the whiz - bang that provides an excellent
living to
writers such
as Michael Crichton, but the values and experiences that shape
lives in different situations.
Maddie is a holistic nutritionist and
writer deeply curious
about the relationships that thread throughout our
lives, such
as our relationship with food, our body, self, and love.
About Blog I traded in a traditional career for a new
life as an outdoor photographer and
writer.
I spent a good chunk of my eight hours in the office daydreaming
about what
life would be like if I could gather my gumption, take the leap, and pursue
life as a freelance
writer.
Los Angeles Area, California
About Blog
As The Plant - Powered Dietitian, Sharon is a food and nutrition expert,
writer, editor, blogger, and author of The Plant - Powered Diet and Plant - Powered for
Life.
Jackson, NY
About Blog On the Cold Antler Farm, Jenna Woginrich writes about her adventures following her crazy dream life as a self - employed writer, homesteader, archer, falconer, equestrian, martial artist, hunter, spinner, brewer, geek, and real - life Game of Thrones E
About Blog On the Cold Antler Farm, Jenna Woginrich writes
about her adventures following her crazy dream life as a self - employed writer, homesteader, archer, falconer, equestrian, martial artist, hunter, spinner, brewer, geek, and real - life Game of Thrones E
about her adventures following her crazy dream
life as a self - employed
writer, homesteader, archer, falconer, equestrian, martial artist, hunter, spinner, brewer, geek, and real -
life Game of Thrones Extra.
Actors,
writers and artists talk
about feeling the «creative spark,» but when it comes to dating or finding a
life partner, is there such thing
as a «spark» that makes two people feel connected?
Ottawa, Canada
About Blog Focusing on the little details of
life after metastatic breast cancer, Laurie Kingston's charming blog is a great glimpse into her
life as a mother and
writer in Canada.
Los Angeles Area, California
About Blog
As The Plant - Powered Dietitian, Sharon is a food and nutrition expert,
writer, editor, blogger, and author of The Plant - Powered Diet and Plant - Powered for
Life.
About Blog I traded in a traditional career for a new
life as an outdoor photographer and
writer.
Untangling Knots
About -
Living in Seattle and working
as a pattern designer &
writer.
About Blog
As a derivatives trader, and
writer of SingaporeStocksTrading.com, Jeff Sun seeks to provide education on short term directional trading by helming the largest
LIVE trading team (High Probability Trading Team) in Singapore with over 1,500 over members within two years, which he educates on «Trade for Growth, Invest for Income».
Writer / director Richard Ayoade, making his feature debut, nails a salient point
about why it's so tough to stay grounded
as a teenager: Oliver realizes that most of the «tragedies» of his
life won't have meaning by the time he's 38, but that's scant comfort at the moment.
In talking
about his cops - versus - Russian - gangsters movie We Own the Night, the
writer and director James Gray cites the ancient Greeks» idea «that one's
life is shaped primarily by forces outside of one's control,
as if the gods had dealt each person a fate — a destiny.»
Like Edmund Halley, who died just a couple of years before seeing his prediction come true
about the date when the comet bearing his name would return, the sad note
about the film is that Rad (listed
as director, producer,
writer, editor, composer, production designer and set decorator) died in 2007 before he saw it gain new
life.
Feminist issues will be heavily featured at Toronto, via Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris» «Battle of the Sexes,»
about the run - up to the famous Billie Jean King - Bobby Riggs exhibition match, with Emma Stone
as the tennis pioneer; «Mary Shelley,» Haifaa Al Mansour's look at the personal and creative
life of the great English
writer starring Elle Fanning in the title role; and Susanna White's «Woman Walks Ahead,» in which Jessica Chastain stars
as Catherine Weldon, Sitting Bull's chief advisor.
Eric Heisserer and Jon Spaihts (Prometheus) are the
writers tasked with bringing Van Helsing to
life, and when HitFix recently spoke with Heisserer
about his upcoming horror film Lights Out, he cited Mad Max
as a major source of inspiration for the new and improved Van Helsing:
However, the
writers use this premise
as a tool to introduce its audience to several wacky characters and five episodes in, it becomes a comedy
about a group of people
living in a cul - de-sac, rather than cougars preying on young men.
It only seems
about 10 minutes ago that he starred in The Accountant, and now here's
Live by Night, his fourth outing
as director, and the second movie on which he's been
writer, director and star.
Writer - director Richard Tanne, in his first turn behind the camera, takes a popular anecdote
about how the president wooed his first lady and turns it into a sweetly speculative Richard Linklater imitation, following his two before - they - were - great icons on a walk and talk excursion across Chicago,
as they chat
about their
lives, their ambitions, and their responsibility to the city.
The story
about a sex addict
living in New York City would strike most
writers as the chance to dive into a raunchy comedy that parades half - dressed women around (the word «half» defined loosely), while several awkward but hilarious scenarios litter the script.
Brad Pitt and Emma Thompson, will narrate the film... Marcel Ophüls is planning a film
about Ernst Lubitsch to star Dustin Hoffman, with Jeanne Moreau
as Lubitsch's private secretary... Errol Morris is underway on Holland, Michigan, a narrative feature starring Naomi Watts, Bryan Cranston, and Edgar Ramirez... David Fincher is re-teaming with producer Scott Rudin and
writer Aaron Sorkin on a Steve Jobs biopic based on Walter Isaacson's biography and structured around three pivotal moments in Jobs's
life... Hot from HBO's True Detective, Cary Fukunaga is directing Idris Elba in Beasts of No Nation, a drama
about child soldiers in Ghana...
From Academy Award - nominated
writer / director Peter Hedges (Dan in Real
Life, What's Eating Gilbert Grape), and starring Golden Globe ® winner Jennifer Garner, Joel Edgerton, Oscar ® winner Dianne Wiest and CJ Adams
as Timothy Green, comes this highly imaginative story
about a happily married couple who can't wait to start a family but can only dream
about what their child would be like.
These letters form the basis of «Trumbo,» a documentary
about the
writer's
life based on the play «Trumbo» by his son Christopher and featuring powerful staged readings of the letters by such performers
as Brian Dennehy, Paul Giamatti, Nathan Lane, Liam Neeson, David Strathairn, and Michael Douglas — whose father, Kirk, interviewed in the film, helped break the blacklist in 1960 by insisting that Trumbo be credited
as the screenwriter for «Spartacus.»
Based on a bestselling novel, Mike Newell's gentle, meandering drama stars Lily James
as Juliet Ashton, a young London
writer who's made a name for herself with a humorous column
about life during wartime.
Celebrated author and cartoonist Paul Noth, an alumnus of Rufus King High School and Trowbridge School, visited his former schools to talk
about his career and his
life as a
writer and an artist.
< And in our preparatory column to last week's Issues on the Ether column for our #EtherIssue
live discussion, Bringing Tools of the Trade to Self - Publishing, we askwed our readers to talk with us
about what tools entrepreneurial authors need most; to what degree those tools can be
as much of a burden
as a help if they slow down
writers with steep learning curves; how well the commercial world seems to be responding so far to the needs of entrepreneurial authors; and what kind of results they're seeing from their own experiences and experiments with new tools.
As a
writer who is finishing Volume II, This Changes My Family and my
Life Forever, and marketing (release date, December 20) Volume I, This Changes Everything of The Spanners Series, I am also writing, marketing, learning
about ebook publishing, indie pub networking and methods, editing / revising, weighing in on cover art for Volume I (thanks, #Willowraven!)
Here's what they have to say: What it's
about: The story follows the
life of an acclaimed young
writer, Joan Ashby,
as she falls in love, marries and raises two sons - all the while struggling to find a space in her busy
life for her passion: writing fiction (Nancy L).
Writer, producer, Random House Studio publisher and creative powerhouse Peter Gethers is best known to readers
as the author of three memoirs
about life with his cat Norton.
Living as a
writer is always a challenge and this book helped me feel upbeat and positive
about it.