As a student of MTWrite (formerly Writer’s Loft) I’m learning to write fiction. Story telling culls experience into coherent form, with fictional characters as self-expression. It is, one could say, the grown-up equivalent of playing with dolls. Disparate threads from experience, research, and future envisioning coagulate in new and unexpected stories. For a writer, no experience is wasted: each viewed through past lenses contains potentially rich information. Turn the page…
At the Grammy Awards, one of the show-stoppers was not singing – it was instead a verbal description from activist Brooke Axtell on the impact of domestic abuse. Axtell states: “Authentic love does not devalue another human being. Authentic love does not silence, shame, or abuse.” Turn the page…
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