The Guaranteed, Fail-Safe Method to Create Fun and Amusing Blog Posts Every Time
Q: Reader asks: Jan, I think I’m a funny person. I regularly make others around me convulse with laughter. Yet when it comes time to setting my humor on paper, it always falls flat. Since you’re approachable and kind, would Read More …
Five Things Full of Win – Including an Update on My Barista and Teresa Frohock’s News
1. I am having coffee with my mother when this post goes live. We will do this thing akin to the Chipmunks on TV: “My treat. You paid last time.” “No, you paid last time. I’ll get this.” After five Read More …
Want to Help Build My Upcoming Interview with Dr. Brené Brown?
If you have a question about the intersection of writing and/or the creative life you’d like seen in an interview with Dr. Brene Brown, here’s my invitation to Read More …
How Barry Manilow Almost Made Me Take on an Ex-Nun
I don’t know if it’s the cold, that Christmas approaches, or that my schedule has shifted again now that Molly’s into exam-mode, but I’ve been in a sentimental mood of late. I first noted it when I was walking Maya Read More …
Can Student be Teacher?
It’s reader’s month on Writer Unboxed and I’ve been given my choice of two questions to answer. They’re both excellent, and they’re framed within the context of “how do you do X?” I can work with that structure. I’m not required to Read More …
Hope at the Mall: Courting the Sad-Faced Barista
I wanted to talk about Velma today but I’ll warn you in advance: I’m a little off. Between Writing Brain and being sick, I’ve had about six hours of sleep in the last two days. The insomnia pretty much guarantees Read More …
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