by Lori DeBoer | Nov 29, 2015
Writing a first draft is merely the first step to bringing a book or story into the world. Most of the magic of writing occurs during the revision process. As Author Barbara Kingsolver notes: “Pounding out a first draft is like hoeing a row of corn – you...
by Lori DeBoer | Nov 29, 2015
Do you dream about quitting your cubicle and following the muse full time? This course delves into the strategies professional writers use to step up their writing game. You’ll learn about the pathways to publication and professionalization and income opportunities...
by Lori DeBoer | Nov 27, 2015
By Lori DeBoer Glass blowing is not for sissies. Flames flare against the charred wooden paddles that shield Scottsdale artist Newt Grover from the heat of the molten glass he twirls on the end of a long metal pipe. Sweat streams from his face. The glass glows...
by Lori DeBoer | Nov 27, 2015
By Lori DeBoer Been looking for love in all the wrong places? Well, there’s a whole lotta love these days at the Civic Center Mall in Scottsdale. The newly-acquired “Love” sculpture, towering 12-feet high and made of metal, can make anyone swoon. Artist Robert Indiana...
by Lori DeBoer | Nov 27, 2015
By Lori DeBoer Sometimes a town charms a visitor so thoroughly that an otherwise level-headed tourist becomes a wistful interloper; given to sighing and memorizing street maps like love poems. I succumbed to such a spell during a summer weekend I spent in the comely...
