TCTK Reviewed by John Adcox
I’m always thrilled when The Company They Keep gets an enthusiastic review. But some reviews make me want to jump and shout “YES! You get it!! That’s what this book is all about!!!” That was my reaction to this review recently posted by author John Adcox on his blog: In Good Company: The Company They […]
Collaborations: Phil Keaggy & Jeff Johnson & Kathy Hastings & Luci Shaw
I’m a Phil Keaggy fan from way back. I can’t find my tee shirt from the “Love Broke Thru” tour, but I sure remember sitting in the third row on the left side in that concert, feeling awed by the music and amazed that anyone could coax a guitar to sing like that. Since those […]
Creativity and Hungry Caterpillars
I love Eric Carle, the author and artist behind classic children’s books like The Very Hungry Caterpillar. I stumbled across his blog and really like these thoughts about creativity, time, seeds, and hatchlings: Thursday, September 3, 2009 The Seed that Grows into a Story Sometimes ideas for my books seem to burst into bloom. But […]
College Writing Courses: What Were You S’posed to Learn?
Did you take Freshman Writing or First Year Composition, or some kind of writing course when you first went to college? Was it a great experience? Too easy? Too hard? Was it even clear to you what you were supposed to be getting out of that class? As I am getting ready to teach another group […]
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A colleague called me the other day. He offered to buy me a latte if I could help him figure out what was so bad about passive voice. I met him at the coffee shop on campus. I sipped my latte and explained that passive voice does not mean that your sentence is long and dangly, lacks […]
