What’s the purpose of education? Nowadays, increasingly, it’s to get a job. It’s more about technical training than it is about educating the mind. And yet, with the proliferation of smartphones, always-on internet connectivity, and ever expanding inflow of information … Continue reading →
Getting back to basics – what are the three boxes of life? It’s an idea from Richard Nelson Bolles, author of What Color Is Your Parachute. He points out that the three big boxes most of us deal with are … Continue reading →
Join me over at Torquere Press today, where I’m talking about my free workshop in February on writing M/M romance.
Continue reading →“Success doesn’t come to you, you go to it.” – Marva Collins It’s easy to lament the things we don’t have yet. The media bombards us with images of more successful, more slender, more athletic, more successful people every day. … Continue reading →
Bubble, bubble, toil and… welcome to the trouble! It’s #NationalBubbleBathDay, and I’m joining my #NiceGirlsWritingNaughty sisters all weekend long to help celebrate with a steamy fun PAGE HOP! Hello there. I’m A. Catherine Noon, and I write hot-hot-hot stuff such … Continue reading →
When I teach, students often ask me for books that I recommend. I like Debra Dixon’s GMC: Goal Motivation & Conflict; The Building Blocks of Good Fiction. Debra breaks down how good stories work and why, and helps us create … Continue reading →
Happy New Year! I know that there’s a ton of focus right now on New Year’s Resolutions, but I want to throw a curveball. Rather than focus on what we don’t have, let’s focus on all the good that we … Continue reading →
So, it’s like this. I was noodling ideas for my Monday blog posts, and came up with an idea to share some of the goofy results from Prompt Circles over the past several years. Today’s is about … well, you’ll … Continue reading →
