A Writer’s Road: How To Be Creative

Being creative and what to do with your creativity is something I think about and talk about quite a lot. But even before you start thinking about the ‘how’ , you have to believe that you are creative in the first place. People often say to me, ‘Oh,...

The Writer’s Road: Education and Neuroscience

photo courtesy of tophat.com When I began to think about this new incarnation of my blog, I decided that I wanted to focus on topics of interest as well as facts about my own personal writing career. One of those topics which has fascinated me for years is that of...

A Writer’s Road: The Power of Play

A quick reminder to myself, and all of us who consider ourselves to be ‘serious’ writers… I started to write ‘seriously’ when I was 8 years old. There was a play back then which I wrote and actually got performed for the school. But at...

A Writer’s Road: On Competition

For years, I have been trying to find a way to feel good about competition. Even on the few occasions I have won, be it money or prestige, the high of winning never lasts as long as the low of losing. But beyond that, I have never been able to reconcile the undeniable...

A Writer’s Road: Creativity in the Classroom

photo thanks to weareteachers.com Last week I shared some thoughts, via Philip Pullman, about the importance of kids’ access to stories and poetry. Today, I can take this even further when I share with you an article from the Gallup Poll blog called Teachers Who...