

The Frog, Now Partially Covered in Tzatziki Sauce...
A recent article in the Washington Post, by Michael S. Rosenwald has been the biggest topic of discussion in my house this past week. Instead of a social media joke generated by a meme, Instagram posting, or YouTube video, the phrase, "The frog, now partially covered in tzatziki sauce,..." has sent us into gales of laughter. The phrase comes from a news story, "Cava apologizes after NW resident discovers live frog in her salad," in the November 18 Sunday paper. The story, a s


Class is Now in Session
I'm taking a MOOC. I just love the word - it has that bovine, juvenile sound to it. A MOOC is a massive open online course. A hallmark of a MOOC is that there is no limit to the number of people taking the class or where they are from. There are hundreds of MOOCs offered from universities around the world and many are free. The one I'm taking is through the University of Iowa's prestigious writing program. It's called, How Writers Write Fiction 2016: Storied Women. The course


A Fresh Story Really Makes A Difference
Depending on who you believe, or believe yourself, there are somewhere between six and nine universal stories or themes. These ideas run the gamut of love found and lost to revenge. They are the universal truths that audience and readers come back to time and again. But what makes us come back? I would argue that the most successful stories present something new. This summer, I took my girls to see an off-off-off Broadway play called H.O.M.E. This near-future story features