New post! Review: The Struggling Reader Assessments and Teaching Materials http://ht.ly/1a39iQ

Writers: Have you taken the #NAIWE survey? What is your best or oddest source of writing income? It's short, take it now! http://ht.ly/30oEZ

I think it's bad to talk abt one's present work...it spoils something at the root of the creative act. It discharges tension. NMailer #quote

It is good to have an end to journey towards; but it is the journey that matters in the end.
Ursula K. LeGuin #quote

RT @felicegerwitz: @janicecampbell Making time for things that matter! Christian Homeschooling 2pm EST free doorprizes http://ht.ly/38OPS

Those who cannot bravely face danger are the slaves of their attackers. -Aristotle | On #Veteran'sDay, thank you to those who serve.

NAIWE News- Telling Your Own Story: Expressing the “Emotional Why” Behind Your Book- Expert Teleclass for November http://ht.ly/19FEcv

Tip: If you have a primary blog, drive traffic w/a teaser & link on your #NAIWE member site. See the new feed: http://ht.ly/37JrZ

New post: What's the Best Way to Start Writing? - I don't know about the best way for everyone, but for me, I know t... http://ht.ly/19Tigk

Writers: Have you taken the #NAIWE survey? What is your best or oddest source of writing income? It's short, take it now! http://ht.ly/30oEZ

RT @naiwenews: Wehn yuo cnnaot raed, noe hruendd ftory ccrhaetars mean noinhtg. Hlep ptoorme goalbl latceriy: http://t.co/cD3pZUC

Writers/editors- Thanksgiving dues discount kicked in bigger and earlier this year-- it's an amazing time to join #NAIWE http://ht.ly/310kK

On plenty of days the writer can write three or four pages, and on plenty of other days he concludes he must throw them away. ~Annie Dillard

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.
Thomas Jefferson #quote

Writers/editors- Thanksgiving dues discount kicked in bigger and earlier this year-- it's an amazing time to join #NAIWE http://ht.ly/310kK

What is your steadiest source of writing income? Or the craziest way you've earned $$ by writing? Take the #NAIWE survey: http://ht.ly/30oEZ

New post! Our First Grandbaby is Here! - Here's our new grandbaby, Imogen Violet! http://ht.ly/19GPKX

New post: The Magic of the First Line - There's one magical ingredient in my fiction writing process, but it doesn't... http://ht.ly/19GRhh

The skill of writing is to create a context in which other people can think. ~Edwin Schlossberg #quote

I'm speaking at 2pm EDT on Multiple Streams of Income for Homeschool Families for the Homeschool Expo. http://ht.ly/310h8 Join us!

NAIWE News- Telling Your Own Story: Expressing the “Emotional Why” Behind Your Book- Expert Teleclass for November http://ht.ly/19FEcv

Writers/editors- Thanksgiving dues discount kicked in bigger and earlier this year-- it's an amazing time to join #NAIWE. http://ht.ly/30tw0

Quantity produces quality. If you only write a few things, you're doomed.
Ray Bradbury #quote

If the doctor told me I had six minutes to live, I'd type a little faster.
Isaac Asimov #quote

We welcomed Imogen Violet Campbell, our first grandbaby, this morning. 8#, 20"- and utterly adorable, of course! We're thankful.

I just posted a new FB page for Excellence In Literature. Join us to talk about the curriculum, or about great books! http://ht.ly/2Xgj9

A writer never has a vacation. For a writer life consists of either writing or thinking about writing.
Eugene Ionesco #quote

Looking forward to 7pm EDT w/#NAIWE expert Claudia Suzanne on Successful Freelancing- How to get clients, set prices: http://ht.ly/2WHBs

What is your steadiest source of writing income? Or the craziest way you've earned $$ by writing? Take the #NAIWE survey: http://ht.ly/2T97Z

I was working on the proof of one of my poems all the morning, & took out a comma. In the afternoon I put it back again. Oscar Wilde #quote

Remember, writers-- when you have a break this weekend, please stop & take the #NAIWE survey: http://ping.fm/VZhTp

If you ask me what I came to do in this world, I, an artist, will answer you: I am here to live out loud. Emile Zola #quote

The only reason for being a professional writer is that you just can't help it.
Leo Rosten #quote

NAIWE News- Ghostwriter Claudia Suzanne: Successful Freelancing http://ht.ly/19r6Cv

A writer is a person for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.
Thomas Mann #quote

New post: 5 Good Reasons to Go to a Writers Conference - If you've never been to a writers conference, you just don'... http://ht.ly/19q0kF

Writing is the only thing that, when I do it, I don't feel I should be doing something else.
Gloria Steinem #quote

New post: Five Reasons to Go To A Writers Conference - Whether you're an established writer or just getting started,... http://ht.ly/19oUCH

New post: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-09-18 - Purpose for this week: To focus on 3 highest priority items; to gi... http://ht.ly/19leGn

NAIWE News- NAIWE is a Joint Sponsor of Great Books Week 2010 http://ht.ly/19leGj

New post! Great Books Week Day 3: What childhood book captured your imagination? http://ht.ly/19leGr

New post: Four Things Publishers Expect From Authors (they may not be what you expect) http://ht.ly/19lh9d

Books - the best antidote against the marsh-gas of boredom and vacuity. George Steiner #quote #GreatBooks Blog Challenge http://ht.ly/2QjmX

What book or books do you read over and over? #GreatBooks Week blog challenge for day 4: http://ht.ly/2Q1Lv

What four things do publishers expect from every author? Join #NAIWE expert Jerry Simmons- 3:30 pm EDT to find out: http://ht.ly/2P3Af

What childhood book captured your imagination? #GreatBooks Week Blog Challenge. Share your thoughts & link back. http://ht.ly/2P3ep

Family faces are magic mirrors. Looking at people who belong to us, we see the past, present, and future.-Gail Lumet Buckley

Purpose for this week: To focus on 3 highest priority items; to give grace to all; to do the best I can with what I have; to be grateful.

NAIWE News- Get a Free e-Book of the 1906 Chicago Manual of Style http://ht.ly/18Un1U

Writers & editors: Would you like the 1906 edition of the Chicago Manual of Style? You can get the e-book free ths month. http://ht.ly/2ANvJ

It feels like Monday, but perhaps a free e-book of the 1906 Chicago Manual of Style would make you feel better: http://ht.ly/2AKwT #write

New post: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-09-04 - Thanks for the #followfriday thoughts! @JimSutton5 @succezsasia @p... http://ht.ly/18RX2M

Writing is my time machine, takes me to the precise time and place I belong. -Jeb Dickerson #quote |And it's vacation time this weekend!

New post! The Blessing of Creative Handwork - Helping your children learn to use their hands creatively can help dev... http://ht.ly/18OeUf

New post: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-28 - RT @succezsasia: The greatest mistake you can make in life is to c... http://ht.ly/18OeUb

New post: Famous Authors Who Self-Published - It's helpful to see that self-publishing isn't just a crazy new phenom... http://ht.ly/18Ohfo

Metaphors have a way of holding the most truth in the least space. -Orson Scott Card #quote

#NAIWE members eligible for discount on “Finding Your Niche/Expanding Your Horizons,” communications conference: http://ht.ly/2wIxs

Winding down the weekend; looking ahead. What are your top 3 priority items this week? Do them first & it will be a good week.

Cathy Duffy has reviewed my Excellence in LIterature books! You can read the review here: http://ht.ly/2vps2 & get bks at http://ht.ly/2vptI

RT @GLHancock: I hold that a long poem does not exist. I maintain the phrase, "a long poem," is simply a flat contradiction in terms.-EAPoe

RT @everydayedu: I enjoyed being interviewed for #Homeschool SuperHeros week. You can read more about it here: http://ht.ly/2svPZ #hshw

Why read? What do your children gain from reading fiction? A lot more than you might think! http://ht.ly/2rQXk

Astonishing. I actually completed every item on today's list and a few more beside. #writegoal Must be the Challenge! http://ht.ly/2r0Nt

In the absence of clearly defined goals we become strangely loyal to performing daily trivia & ultimately become enslaved by it. DS McGregor

New post: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-14 - New post: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-07 New post: Twitter... http://ht.ly/18AlM2

The time to begin writing an article is when you have finished it... [Then] you begin to... perceive what...you really want to say. MTwain

NAIWE News- Kim Pearson: NAIWE Member of the Month, August 2010 http://ht.ly/18w9Xw

It is necessary to write if the days are not to slip emptily by. How else, indeed, to clap the net over the butterfly of the moment? VitaS-W

New post: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-07 - New post: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-31 New post: Twitter... http://ht.ly/18tyul

New articles for writers & editors posted on the #NAIWE site: http://ping.fm/K4H9l #write #edit #publish #market

New post: New Writers: What To Do If You Think You Want To Be Published http://ht.ly/18qXXi

Join #NAIWE publishing expert Jerry Simmons-Wed., 3:30EDT: 7 Things Every Author MUST Understand About Publishing http://ht.ly/2kmCw #write

To see the Summer Sky
Is Poetry, though never in a Book it lie -
True Poems flee.
- Emily Dickinson #quote

New post: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-31 - New post: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-24 No amount of ener... http://ht.ly/18noYU

New post! Our Summer Poem: The Summer Rain by Henry David Thoreau http://ht.ly/18lMWw

NAIWE News- How to Use StoryBlue Software for Writers - Listen to a brief interview with the creator of StoryBlue so... http://ht.ly/18lMWs

New post: If You Think You Want To Be Published, What Should You Do? http://ht.ly/18lOV5

New post: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-24 - No amount of energy will take the place of thought. A strenuous li... http://ht.ly/18hjpb

RT @barefoot_exec: Run your best race. Do your best work. Be your best. Comparison will kill your joy & stunt your progress. #fb

New post: Just Do Something: How to Escape the Slush Pile - How does Just Do Something by Kevin DeYoung relate to wr... http://ht.ly/18fGgW

Writers: "It is in our power to do but one thing, and that is not to distort the living voice of life." Boris Pasternak #quote

New post: What I'm Doing For the NAIWE Challenge - I had a few rough ideas of what I’d like to accomplish for the NA... http://ht.ly/18cHq9

New post: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-17 - I often talk to writers & freelance editors about creating success... http://ht.ly/18bb8R

No amount of energy will take the place of thought. A strenuous life with its eyes shut is a kind of wild insanity. -Henry Van Dyke #quote

Like challenges? Here's #NAIWE Summer Challenge for #Writers & Editors: http://ht.ly/2bSjv & WeSeWriMo 2010: http://ping.fm/b8tEn

New post! Can Learning Go On While Caregiving? Crisis Schooling for Homeschoolers http://ht.ly/188AsC

RT @dougleschan: The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one's destiny to do, and then do it - Henry Ford #quote

New book to read for my #NAIWE Challenge project: Eat that Frog by Brian Tracy. Great tips for writers/editors so far! http://ht.ly/2a9XN

Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?
-Henry Ward Beecher #quote

New post: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-10 - New post: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-03 New post: Twitter... http://ht.ly/1859Z0

New post: Killing Two Birds With One Stone: NAIWE Challenge Serendipity http://ht.ly/183zLP

It's almost 7pm. So much for quitting work early (one of my summer goals). Time for an omelet and a good book. #Writegoal went well today.

New post! Advice for Friends of Caregivers - Caregivers face daily challenges, but friends who are understanding and... http://ht.ly/181Hte

New post: Serendipity and the NAIWE Summer Challenge - Serendipity intervenes to provide a new project that fulfills... http://ht.ly/181JgX

A serendipitous thing happened on my way to the NAIWE Get it Done Summer Challenge for Writers and Editors- http://ht.ly/27FFG

New post: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-03 - New post: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-06-26 New post: Twitter... http://ht.ly/17Zs8w

If A is success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.
Albert Einstein #quote

RT @YESUmob The natural law of growth teaches us spiritual things. A grain of wheat in the wrong environment will never grow.

I told myself to take a vacation in June. Got a short-notice writing assignment. No vacation. July? Ditto already.Gd thing I love to write.