The English language is very precise…

“The English language is very precise.” It’s a phrase I’ve heard many times from my father-in-law to my husband. Usually it is in jest and has now become a running joke. But it is completely true. I’m launching a new website that will...

Review: From a Distance

Summary: What happens when the realization of a dream isn’t what you imagined… and the secret you’ve spent a lifetime guarding is finally laid bare? Determined to become one of the country’s premier newspaper photographers, Elizabeth Westbrook...

the joy of layout and design…

A few weeks ago, I helped map out the story selection and layout for my college’s alumni newsletter. It brought me back to the days of newsroom banter and magazine mayhem. Those late nights of caffeine highs and echoing laughter are a close, fond memory....

A note on revising

Revising. We all must do it. A writer’s work is never truly finished. Ask any author and I’m sure they’d agree. Lately I’ve been polishing up my manuscript from the NaNoWriMo. There is simply so much to do. However, with each new draft, each...

Review: Bonhoeffer

Pastor, Prophet, Martyr, Spy. That truly says it all. Out of a host of thousands upon millions of inspirational stories from those who defied Hitler during his reign of terror, comes the biography of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a man who was a constant student of life,...