to grant a grant
last friday I mailed off my first grant application. ever. I've long known about the concepts of grants, and have read author's words of appreciation in their acknowledgements for this or that organization's gift of this fellowship or that grant. my publishers have...
human nature
I have read very few books written in the year 1900. having just finished reading sister carrie, by theodore dreiser, though, I am astounded by how very little we've changed in these past 112 years. we have more tools and toys and engines, but remain plagued by many...
writing of place
a key component of the first big writing conference I attended was a message about place. a few of the conference presenters were contributors to a newly-released book called When We Say We're Home: A Quartet of Place and Memory, and "place" was a theme in more than...
op-ed
op-ed: abbreviated from opposite the editorial page (though often mistaken for opinion-editorial), is a newspaper article that expresses the opinions of a named writer who is usually unaffiliated with the newspaper's editorial board. These are different from...
life as a scavenger hunt
I believe in a higher power, and I typically call it "God." I am quite amenable to anyone calling him/it/her by whatever name or title he or she chooses, and I am supportive and compassionate to those who have decided to not believe in such an entity, as well. but I...
marketing 101
some people can sell anything. some people can sell anything they believe in. and then there are those who can sell anything they believe in, unless they were the one who created it. I, unfortunately, belong in this latter category. my undergrad is in marketing. and...
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