If you're a North American parent with a child in 3rd grade or beyond, it's a pretty sure bet you've heard of Flat Stanley. Just in case you haven't, here's a quick summary: The Flat Stanley Project In 1994, Dale Hubert began the Flat Stanley Project in Ontario, Canada. Hubert had the brilliant idea of […]

by Jenny Hansen Earlier this year, we started talking about Microsoft Excel and all the ways writers could use it without hyperventilating. In case you missed the other two posts, I've linked them below: Part 1 - Excel Shortcuts and Helpful Tricks Part 2 - Doing Formulas without Freaking Out Laura Drake also did a […]

By Jenny Hansen From our earliest moments, most writers are avid readers. We devour books – for story, for Craft, for new worlds and new ideas. We have To Be Read piles (TBR for short) that are taller than small children. Our favorite authors and characters become our friends. I don’t know if we become […]

In Part 1 of this series, we talked about using Microsoft Excel efficiently. You learned some fun finesse tools for moving around the program and laying out data. Today, we’re going to get to the nitty-gritty part of Excel. We’re basically going to “just skip to the good stuff.” What is the most common use […]

Last Monday, Orly Konig-Lopez argued for the introverts. If you missed her post, click here and take a peek. Some of you commented, but I'm guessing we're going to get more today because the extroverts are in the house, jumping up and down, shouting "TALK TO ME." That's the way we extroverts roll. I did a […]