The other day I was thinking about how my passion for Traveler’s Notebooks is strangely at odds with my disinterest in travel. My summer stationery line-up is hardly suitable for hot weather or for light packing: Harris Tweed covers, TNs thick with full refills, clips, and pendant fountain pens, and passport holders used for notebooks… Read More
I so enjoyed my last Day in Notes, that this time I decided to record a video version. I hope it inspires your own notebooks. 🖤 Watch on Youtube
☞ The cheatsheet in this video can be found in the Bestseller Over Breakfast collection. The Story Structure of Your Life – Transcript This is the one page story structure that I’ve been teaching for over a decade now. And over the years, I found that the real value of a story structure like this… Read More
This is an excerpt from the Lady Writers League Advent course, which is an advent calendar style online course for writing Christmas stories. While stories from any genre can use Christmas as simply an evocative “backdrop”, I think the yule season’s association with transformation on both a spiritual and a secular level, as well as… Read More
THE APPROACH The Call to Adventure is the first sign that life will never be the same. It appears in myths, fairy tales, and modern novels alike. While the Call can often be a single event — such as the arrival of a stranger or a summons for the character to leave on a journey… Read More