Lake 26 from the Sargent family cabin deck. Photo by: Anne Wainscott-Sargent 3,000 miles.  Four states. Nineteen cousins. That’s what my family just completed – a Midwest roadtrip that took

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  Today’s guest blogger is Judy Stone-Goldman, PhD, whose blog, The Reflective Writer, I first wrote about last month during my participation in the 2011 Wordcount Blogathon. I immediately was

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Good biographies chronicle a person’s life, serving as honest portraits that take you through the lows and the highs of a life well lived.  Great biographies transport you there —

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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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Judd Apatow’s appearance last week on “The Tonight Show” with Jay Leno prompted a thought-provoking Ragan.com PR Junkie post, “Is Twitter bad for writers?”  Judd Apatow, courtesy of IMDb. Apatow, a

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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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Michelle Rafter Today marks the conclusion of the 2011 Wordcount Blogathon. I was among 200 bloggers who accepted the challenge to post every day in the month of May. Michelle

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You only have to peek at bookstore displays of new titles to see how much memoir writing has grown in popularity in recent years. The desire to honor and chronicle one’s family legacy and

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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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