by Debra Darvick | Oct 24, 2011 | Writing Life
Between the Jewish holidays and an enormous amount of travel, time’s been scarce to non-existent to blog. A blogiday for us both? And while I have a myriad of idea threads I am itching to weave into posts — why we cannot laminate life, the wonders of...
by Debra Darvick | Dec 30, 2010 | Writing Life
Since June I’ve been holding on to an article by Martha Beck about creating vision boards. What’s a vision board you ask? It’s a collage of images that have the power to lead the collage-maker to her (or his) destiny. You may jest. Or doubt. But the...
by Debra Darvick | Jul 9, 2010 | Writing Life
Haven’t even been able to see it myself since I’m still out here in Arkansas miles from a Rite-Aid or a Border’s where a magazine stand might be found…but I hear tell from my dear husband holding the fort back home that my essay, “My...
by Debra Darvick | Jun 24, 2010 | Writing Life
Will be scarce for a few weeks now. I am in Eureka Springs, Arkansas of all places, blessed to be a resident at The Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow. Came with much to accomplish: work on a novel; write first drafts of two additional children’s stories that...
by Debra Darvick | Apr 12, 2010 | Bookshelf, Writing Life
The Detroit Jewish Book Fair is seeking submissions by local authors. Who qualifies? A published author (Jewish or not) who is originally from Michigan or is currently living in Michigan and who has written a work of fiction or non-fiction with Jewish content....
by Debra Darvick | Mar 19, 2010 | Writing Life
Sometimes I think writing is akin to devoting one’s life to the sound of one hand clapping. Yes, our characters talk to us; and yes, our imaginations continuously strobe ideas and seeds for fiction and nonfiction our way. But we also need the camaraderie of...
