by suelarkinsweems | Jan 22, 2017 | On Writing
This post is part of the Weems Fiction Monthly Prompt series. My goal this year is to send out a prompt and an original short essay or fiction piece to my email list. Subscribe in the box to the right, or just check back each month under the tab “Prompts”...
by suelarkinsweems | Jan 12, 2017 | On Writing
Think you need just a little more preparation to be the writer you want to be? I’m over at The Write Practice today, with a quick post on how to know you are ready. Don’t skip the the quick practice at the end! Click here to read One Simple Truth That Will...
by suelarkinsweems | Jan 1, 2017 | On Writing
While many people set resolutions and goals this time of year, very few make a plan for the frustration and failure that inevitably follow learning. If you want to truly begin something new this year, remember this: new learning, new skills, and new habits always sit...
by suelarkinsweems | Dec 19, 2016 | On Family
Losing my grandfather and father-in-law in the same year feels like a kind of carelessness…as if I had any control, as if there would ever be enough time. Grief is always a shock, a denial, an anger that makes way for a softening if I let it. As we remember my...
by suelarkinsweems | Aug 5, 2016 | On Learning
While we had a great summer break, I am ready for this summer to fade. It has been loud and hard and overwhelming– the world seems bent on turning itself inside out. A friend recently wrote a piece about returning to nature to find solace when the world seems to...
