Seeking Quiet Solace Amid a Pandemic Even during this awful coronavirus threat there are still gifts to be found.
The Main Reason People Don’t Chase Their Dream of Writing The life of a successful author: Revise and revise and revise…
I Need to Believe In (the Original) Atticus Finch If you’ve been vacationing in some remote corner of Antarctica, you may have missed the release of “Go Set a Watchman,” a book that publishers…
In Defense of ‘Depressing’ Books As a creative writing instructor who assigns a lot of reading, I have at least a few introductory students each semester who complain about the…
Take Time to Edit Your Own Writing – You Just Might Improve It Consider all the times you received poorly written emails from colleagues or acquaintances. Did your impression of them change because of their lack of proper…
Do What You Love (and the Money Might Follow) When I was an undergrad in the middle of the Material Girl 80s, I don’t remember anyone—a professor, a parent, or even a random guy…
Annual Literacy Symposium Packing the Podium with Education Experts The 17th Annual Literacy Symposium, coming up April 3rd on the UCF campus, has an expanded and impressive lineup of speakers this year, covering topics…
Authors from Every Genre Taking Part in the UCF Book Festival April 18th Spanning genres, styles, and age groups, the UCF Book Festival brings a wide variety of authors to campus each year for panel discussions, book signings, cooking demonstrations,…
Leave Them (Texting) Kidz Alone By trade, I am a professor of writing and rhetoric. In layman’s terms, this makes me an English teacher. These are deeply dreaded words for…
