by Connie Connally | May 22, 2014 | Writing
The main reason I haven’t written on this blog in so long is that I have been doing homework. Seriously. In spite of being well outside the traditional college demographic (here I am referencing my gray hairs and my 4-going-on-5 grandchildren), I am back in... by Connie Connally | Dec 6, 2013 | Life, Writing
In my last post, I said that people often tell me that they think they should write a book but they just can’t get around to it. They say this as though they feel guilty. I don’t think there is anything to feel guilty about. And in my last post I gave several valid... by Connie Connally | Nov 26, 2013 | Writing
When people find out that I do creative writing, fairly often they will say to me, “I’ve been thinking of doing that, but ___________.” Or, “I have an idea for a book, but __________.” And they tell me some reason why they haven’t... by Connie Connally | Aug 15, 2013 | Writing
Last week I clipped an article out the newspaper. Yes, please note that I used actual scissors to cut a piece of what is an actual newspaper. My husband and I are holdout subscribers, though our local newspaper has shrunk noticeably in recent years and we do wonder... by Connie Connally | Aug 2, 2013 | Life, Writing
My brother, Walt Hampton, is a very talented musician and also a highly skilled music teacher. In fact, if you have a child in public school, it may be that your child’s elementary music teacher uses one of Walt’s books on teaching marimba. Perhaps the teacher has... by Connie Connally | Jul 24, 2013 | Writing
Last week at a book reading I met author Shannon Huffman Polson http://aborderlife.com/ and heard her read from her memoir North of Hope. It is a story of her grief pilgrimage, travelling to a spot in the Arctic wilderness where her father and her stepmother were...