Today’s guest blogger is Mari Ann Stefanelli Perusek, an aspiring author and a member of my writer’s group. Mari Ann and I share a common sorrow – the loss

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    On Saturday I’m at TJ Maxx when I come to an aisle filled with stationery, writing journals, and tablets of paper. My son picks up a black leather-bound

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A year ago this week, I celebrated the magic of children’s stories in a blog post, “Writing Wisdom of Children’s Books.” I shared how reading to my kids was the one

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Steve Jobs (1955-2011) Steve Jobs was an iconic visionary who transcended technology. He was both an out-of-box thinker and a creative genius.  Because of him, we are more connected than

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    Andre Agassi College Preparatory Academy  (Gallery photo).   I read over the weekend that tennis great-turned-education evangelist Andre Agassi has committed to finance the construction of as many

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Cecil B. Day Butterfly Center, Callaway Gardens Pine Mountain, Georgia    According to Callaway’s website, “nature’s beauty floats gracefully through the air at this glass-enclosed conservatory.” Home to 50 species of

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Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska. Photo by: Thanh Cat Few places match the majesty of Denali National Park and Preserve, created in 1917. Located near the top of the world,

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Whether it’s to inform, entertain, unify or defend, speeches are a critical form of communication. Good ones  know how to grab and keep the audience’s attention, and great ones change thinking and inspire action. 

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The Gardens at Hampton Court, Herefordshire, England. Photo by Jeff Sargent. This is my second Friday post themed around “Places that Inspire Your Inner Writer.” Three summers ago my husband and

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Every Friday, The Writing Well will showcase places that inspire creativity and ‘your inner writer.’ Enjoy this visual journey of destinations designed to give you pause from the daily grind, think outside yourself

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