Living in Chicago, you often need to orient yourself with cardinal directions. The red line goes north and south; the blue line takes two diagonal routes to…
Category: Writing about Writing
Lessons, tips, and reflections on being writers; especially discussing the process of composing words, different genres and their related techniques, and meaningful glimpses into their growth as authors, tutors, and readers.
The most observant UCWbLing readers may have noticed that I was absent from the blog this past fall. As part of the DePaul University Digital Cinema LA…
Anyone who knows me well, knows I have a saying. “I’m always right because I only speak about what I know.” Obnoxious, maybe, but definitely logical. And…
Just a hunch, but I’m willing to bet not many people made a New Year’s resolution to unearth the best resources the library has to offer–and which…
UCWbL web + tech folk love Smashing Magazine and that’s because of compelling articles like the one posted today about the difference between type and lettering. I…
Like many writers, I have difficulty writing on my laptop because it’s way too easy to get distracted. If you’re not chatting with friends, you’re opening Twitter…
The Student Center gave the Writers Guild a warm welcome Thursday evening for Aloud! a public reading of fiction, poetry, and essays on the occasion of the…
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How to Not Procrastinate
Shameless publicity stunt, or ingenious productivity boost?  Maneesh Sethi, who blogs for Hack the System, made news by hiring somebody to slap him every time he got off…
“Love? What in the world does love mean? How am I supposed to understand what you mean when you say love?” This was, more or less, said…
Students from all corners of the world have joined the CMWR in reading Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, Jamie Ford’s bestselling and award-winning novel.…