Writing and Creating

Not sure what to get the loved one in your life for Christmas? Buy them a writing course! Help them tell their stories –because their stories need to be told.…

Before you fun out and spend all your Christmas money, please consider donating a $1 or $2 to DAWN- a Nonprofit serving young woman fighting cancer. If you cannot spare…

You: I have another fear: the fear I'm not good enough.Me: Well, so what? What the Sam Hell does 'good enough' even mean, anyway?You: Good enough to get published. Or…

A Generation LostEveryone over the age of 40 is getting down on social media communities continuously examining their phones. My comment to you is how is that any different (or…

Thanks to Chuck Wendig for this dialogYou: **panicked gulps of breath**Me: You seem a little wibbly.You: Oh, I'm wibbly. Super-wibbly. Wibbly to the max.Me: *looks at calendar* Oh.You: It's National Novel…

"Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist."Pablo PicassoThis is an important lesson for those of us who tend not to read instruction manuals,…

Sign up to hold your spot as classes are filling up at www.teribayus.comWriting Exercise:  Write 500 words of why you value your stories so much, you wouldn't miss this class!

Each night before I settle me head down on my down pillow, I turn on my Kindle and take in a TED talk. These are 10-20 minute video lectures of…

The words we write, say to ourselves and to others influence our lives. I have been witnessing this most profoundly in my 3-year-old grandson’s vocabulary, which is extensive. He can…

Tenacity Some say you can’t force writing. I disagree. I think you can force anything. It is called tenacity. Many people use this word to describe my style. It is…