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  • Why I Write

    “What does it take to lead a creative life?” This was a question asked and explored by the author and creator of #1000wordsofsummer, Jami Attenberg. She was the final speaker (of a dozen in the publishing industry) at the 2025 Deep Dive Virtual Retreat I attended over the weekend. The lineup of presenters that two →

  • The Eleventh Hour: Tick Tock for TikTok

    It is the Eleventh Hour. Time is running out. “Tick Tock,” goes the clock for TikTok. I am here not to defend nor condemn this wildly popular app. If what we are hearing and reading in the news, in a very short amount of time all of Americans who have the app on their devices →

  • Man Bites Dog

    “If it bleeds, it leads” is what I heard applied to news stories. I think we can all agree that it takes much less these days to make news. One inappropriate comment on a late night talk show gets as much press coverage as a catastrophic hurricane. I learned about another journalism bit of wisdom →

  • I Know What You’re Thinking

    I know what is on the top of your mind as we turn the calendar to August. It is not the record heat (which has been keeping us indoors longer than a frigid winter). It is not the presidential election (with all of the noise and moving pieces). It’s not the medaling athletes making their →

  • Deer in the Headlights

    My moment on stage doing stand up comedy felt just like the saying, “Deer in the headlights.” I was, in fact, scared like a deer with a big spotlight on my face. My whole routine was about fear and facing it when a real live three hundred plus pound bear came crawling up the carpeted →

  • Erma Bombeck Might Have Cured My Cancel Pleasure Condition

    I am here in Dayton, Ohio, at the Erma Bombeck Writers Workshop. If I wait until it is over to write a recap of the weekend, then it is sure to be too long. I will divide it up. Day One was pretty cool, and I will tell you three reasons why. The last part →

  • A Solar Eclipse and A Special Dog

    We are just a couple weeks away from something amazing taking place. I am not just referring to the Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop that I am attending in Dayton, Ohio. That will indeed be amazing and only comes along every two years. Far more rare is the Solar Eclipse that will be on Monday, April →

  • I’m Still Here (sing to the tune of “I’m Still Ken” from the Barbie movie)

    (14 minute read) I am alive and well. Even though colds, stomach bugs and COVID are jumping from house to house, I can assure my readers that my absence from the grizzlybearma blog has nothing to do with illness. Knock on wood.  It has been more than a few weeks since my last post. Christmas →

  • Go Wherever the Writing Takes You

    (10 minute read) A few years ago in my memoir writing class my teacher handed us a list of quotes from authors of memoirs and asked us to write about one. After reading through the list of twenty or so quotes from well known authors of memoirs, I decided instead to use the phrase my →

  • Have you heard about The Herd?

    (8 minute read) A group of giraffes is called a tower. A gathering of zebras is a dazzle. A loveliness of ladybugs. A snuggle of sloths. A smack of jellyfish. A mob of Kangaroos. A conspiracy of lemurs. The collective nouns for penguins are raft, waddle, rookery, colony, and huddle; But flamingos in a group →