Walt Whitman and National Celebrate Life Day
Today is National “Celebrate Life” Day, and I’m thinking of Walt Whitman. As much as I love him — and while I understand that it’s important
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Melissa Gouty
- Jan 14, 2020
- 8 min
7 Ways Keeping a Book Journal Will Improve Your Writing
Unless you’re blessed with a photographic memory, you don’t remember each and every book you read. A book journal will help with that.
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Melissa Gouty
- Jan 12, 2020
- 4 min
The Ecstasy of Blogging
Years in academia, formally trained as a writer, I was restricted by rules and expectations. Then I found ecstasy in blogging.
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Melissa Gouty
- Jan 12, 2020
- 4 min
Winter in the Poetry of Robert Frost
The poetry of Robert Frost shows the impact of winter on humanity - especially older men.
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Melissa Gouty
- Jan 6, 2020
- 5 min
Reasons to Read the Novel, Circe, by Madeline Miller
Circe was a unique and memorable book that took me to a world I had never allowed myself to imagine…the halls of the Titan gods forever batt
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Melissa Gouty
- Dec 27, 2019
- 5 min
"The Rest of the Story:" Delia Owens' Book Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens may was influenced by her work in Africa and the unsolved murder of a poacher that implicated her family when she wrote Crawdads
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Melissa Gouty
- Dec 16, 2019
- 4 min
A Writer's Brain Pain
Dickinson had to work to create masterpieces.She wrote daily. All the time. She scribbled on old envelopes, scraps of wallpaper, and chocola
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Melissa Gouty
- Dec 4, 2019
- 3 min
Unforgettable Christmas Lessons from Henry David Thoreau
Thoreau's message of simplicity, solitude, and nature didn't make sense to my students who live in a world of cell phones and possessions.
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Melissa Gouty
- Dec 4, 2019
- 4 min
Wisdom From a 5-Year-Old
A 5 year old reminded me of the 4 things you need to "know enough." Swimming, cooking, reading, and knowing what you should and shouldn't d
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Melissa Gouty
- Nov 27, 2019
- 5 min
How to be Grateful During Hardship
I’m never more aware of my blessings than when I read journals and diaries of women who came before me. Humbled by their ability to find ble
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Melissa Gouty
- Nov 26, 2019
- 4 min
Why I'm Thankful to be a Writer
Being a writer is the coolest job in the world. Instead of talking about growing an audience and the problems of the occupation, be thankful
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Melissa Gouty
- Nov 25, 2019
- 4 min
The Forgotten Ingredient for a Better Life: Anne Morrow Lindbergh and the Power of Solitude
“Now, instead of planting our solitude with our own dream blossoms, we choke the space with continuous music, chatter and companionship to w
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Melissa Gouty
- Nov 21, 2019
- 4 min
Conflict in Book World
But what happens when two authors write two books about a relatively obscure topic and the second book, released later, has definite similar
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Melissa Gouty
- Nov 21, 2019
- 4 min
Success After Sixty
It's a big deal when writers publish "late in life," after 40. But there are plenty of success stories for writers starting after age 60.
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Melissa Gouty
- Nov 15, 2019
- 4 min
Why a 40-Year-Old Book Still Rocks Readers
The critical components of any classic: Jean Auel's Clan of the Cave Bear This year, in a drastic departure from our norm, the Monday...
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Melissa Gouty
- Nov 11, 2019
- 4 min
Best Hobbies for Writers:
Notebook gathering, pen-picking, and word collecting are great hobbies for writers. But the best is word collecting. It's cheap. It's educat
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Melissa Gouty
- Nov 11, 2019
- 4 min
Walls, Words, and Writing that Matters:
Writers have been influencing history with their words. From the Great Wall of China to the Berlin Wall to the metaphysical walls that peop
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Melissa Gouty
- Nov 8, 2019
- 4 min
Fight Feelings of Failure When You're Jobless
Freelance writers often struggle to find clients and jobs. Fight feelings of failure by understanding why you might not get gigs. Persist.
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Melissa Gouty
- Nov 8, 2019
- 3 min
The One Thing Writers Need More Than Anything Else
What is the one thing writers need to succeed? More than reading, more than writing, writers must have optimism to endure rejection.
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Melissa Gouty
- Nov 8, 2019
- 2 min
What I'm Reading Now: Circe by Madeline Miller
Currently reading Circe by Madeline Miller. I'll let you know how I responded to it after I finish, but let me know what you thought.
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