Education

On Being Afraid to Write

There are things I'm afraid to write about. I'm afraid to write about my anxiety. About how it can sometimes debilitate me emotionally, socially, and physically. About how responsible I feel for passing my anxiety on to my children, particularly my youngest daughter. About how it prevents me from being my best self--as a friend, a… Continue reading On Being Afraid to Write

Education, learning, Literacy

Write On: Short, Easy Ways to Nurture Your Writing Habit

I'm going to point out a nasty, embarrassing truth here: most teachers of writing are not themselves writers. That's not to imply that all writing teachers must be authors of their own books, or regular contributors to professional journals, or even fillers of countless notebooks year after year; after all, most teachers of science are not themselves… Continue reading Write On: Short, Easy Ways to Nurture Your Writing Habit