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  • For all of you who hate Facebook, I am the opposite.  Perhaps I feel so differently because I have children--former exchange students who lived with me, and friends all over the world....
  • ...d into our process and listening deeply, it's more energizing than depleting. At least that's what I've seen with my work and with the work of my students and clients. Thanks for readi...
  • ...all protected from this white trash world, though the later concerns expressed are about how horrible it would be with children to be exposed to students of color. And, of course, it...
  • ...in a boundary, or what a character will express, or how a character will manifest a particular conflict. As a writing teacher, I have often given students several choices for a topic a...
  • My students often ask me, "Should I write for myself or to please the publishishers?" I write for myself. Trends come and go. By the time I complete entire book and prepare it for the submissions process, the needs of the industry has changed. Members, weigh in.
  • I was always more of a reader than a writer and was allowed by Sr. Madeline (whom I will never forget for trying to instill in the students who passed through St. Mary's Elementary a l...
  • ...nt a bit farther than they could handle. It can happen to any of us, actually, no matter how "seasoned" we are. I'll be sharing your blog with my students, for sure.
  • Wonderful to read Ellen! I can totally relate to your story growing up with dictionaries and novels! It's also beautiful to read about the influence a teacher can have in life through encouraging the talents of students.
  • ...during my first year of college where the professor spent more time talking about his work and his rejections than critiquing the writing of his students. That voice must be related...
  • ...in terms of what is on the page, but in the life it takes on outside of the your own private life as a writer.  I always use this analogy with my students…that book on a library shelf...