by Lora | Sep 21, 2019 | Author information, Sustainability, Travel
Reducing the Giant Carbon Footprint of Air Travel 32 The square feet of Arctic summer sea ice cover melted by one passenger’s share of emissions on a 2,500-mile flight. THIRTY-TWO SQUARE FEET About the size of a queen-sized bed for each passenger on a cross country or...
by Lora | May 7, 2019 | About Writing, Author information, Community
True Stories launched in January! The first printing sold out and a second print run is now available. Editor Cami Ostman of The Narrative Project and I have been collaborating to set up book reading and signing events. Are you a bookstore owner? Do you know a...
by Lora | Apr 15, 2019 | Author information
The Neverending Bookshop (TNEBS) welcomes The Narrative Project. The Neverending Bookshop in Perrinville (Lynnwood WA) will be holding a reading, panel discussion with Q & A, and signing for “True Stories” on Saturday, April 20th at 2:00 p.m. The...
by Lora | Mar 26, 2019 | Author information, Healthy Food, Sustainability
National Clam Chowder Day 2019 – February 25 My own celebration of this day has been shifted to a month later in honor of my mother, with whom I shared a birthday for 62 years. Even though she is no longer physically present, chowder brings her memory to mind. ...
by Lora | Mar 21, 2019 | About Writing, Author information
1. First write for yourself, and then worry about the audience. “When you write a story, you’re telling yourself the story. When you rewrite, your main job is taking out all the things that are not the story.” Cover of my high school poetry...
by Lora | Mar 4, 2019 | About Writing, Author information
Stephen King’s Rule #9 “9. Turn off the TV. “… TV—while working out or anywhere else—really is about the last thing an aspiring writer needs. https://www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/stephen-kings-top-20-rules-for-writers/ This was an easy one...
