Tag Archives: Creativity

How Reading My Writing Out Loud During Workshop Saved My Son’s Wedding

Danette Laver officiates son's wedding.

A Special Request From My Only Child At our Thanksgiving table last year, my son, Garret, and his fiancée, Priscilla, gave me a book on officiating weddings. It was their way of asking me to perform their March wedding ceremony. Although they delivered a speech with their request, I don’t really remember the words because […]

Exploring the Shadows to Shine Light on Our Writing and Our Lives

little red riding hood faces a truly big, bad wolf

Exploring the Shadows to Shine Light on Our Writing and Our Lives Characters we love to hate As children, many of us found Cruella de Vil, the villain in The Hundred and One Dalmatians book or movie fun to hate. As adults seeking a good book, movie, or TV show, we often prefer characters who are […]