The Creative Notebook

What Have You Left In Vegas

Dorene — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 01:51:13 +0000

You know the saying about Las Vegas. “What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.” Pretend your past is full of Las Vegas vacations. What’s in your past that you’ve left in Vegas? Have you made peace with those memories? Pick up your journal and write about it. Free yourself of you “Vegas” skeletons. Tear out the [...]

Research and Recovery

Dorene — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 17:57:03 +0000

I’m sorry for my silence. I promise to load you all up with lots of writing prompts, articles and great inspirational sites now that things have settled just a bit. I’ve been busy helping my mom, who lost everything in the flood. We’ve found her a new home, and she’s excited to have a home [...]

Toot Your Own Horn Tuesday

Dorene — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:05:00 +0000

Toot Your Own Horn Tuesday So often when we right in our journals, it’s about the problems in life. Things that don’t go our way, losses, frustrations, yearnings fill the pages of my book. So today I want to throw a little twist into your journaling. In the tradition of Thankful Thursday, number your paper from [...]

YouTube Trailer

Dorene — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:15:01 +0000

This is a youtube Trailer for a new book on journaling. She does an awesome job of promoting journaling and even tells a story about her boyfriend reading her journal that is hilarious. Definitely sold her book to me!

J.K. Rowling’s Commencement Speech

Dorene — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:40:50 +0000

This woman is my hero. I just adore her and her work. I wanted to share this link to her speech at the Harvard Alumni Association. You can see the video or read the text. Go here! http://harvardmagazine.com/go/jkrowling.html