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  • Listen. Harry is non-verbal and a student of mine at a local elementary school. He is on the autistic spectrum and has dyspraxia. He uses FC (Facilitated Communicatio...
  • Hello! I write two blogs--one I've had for three years, and the other I just started, which isn't nearly as good, but I'm working on it. Main blog: Comp Lit and Mediap...
  • I know one woman who would agree with you about writing coming from the heart and not from the head, my former English Professor Mrs. Allen. Who is a talent when it co...
  • Hi Brooke,   Thanks for the great session today -- very informative, and I like the idea of being open with what I'm working on, for me, to have accountability.   I'd...
  • Your "ahem" is well deserved, C.L. Kay.  On Wednesday I wrote and posted 919 words.  I just haven't been writing every day since our exchange student arrived.  You sho...
  • COLLEGE ADMISSIONS ESSAY WORKSHOP This workshop will tackle the dreaded college application essay -- and wrestle it into submission. Working from Common Application q...
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  • Hi, Candice, A former student sent me this excellent question: "My only noteworthy publications are two essays in (large regional daily) and a poem in (significant lo...
  • Anna, since joining your group here, just recently had a short prose piece taken for an on-line anthology called, "In Her Place." Another heartland focused reverie. O...
  • Haven't tried "Write or Die" yet, because I'm not sure my computer at home is fast enough for the program. :) Some great advice here. So....poll of sorts. Do you prefe...
  • 12/8/12 -- 1216 words.  But I'll be upfront -- it was an update email to our exchange student's mother.  I'm counting it since it's a form of journaling for me, and I know I'll be drawing from it at some point in my writing.  Really having to squint these days to pretend that I'm "really" writing.