by Laurie Pandorf | Mar 28, 2017 | The Author's Purpose
Posted on March 28, 2017 (https://theauthorspurpose.com/) Today, I thought I would share a bit about the book I am currently reading. As a lover of historical fiction, I downloaded a copy of Kate Hannigan’s The Detective’s Assistant, which is about the true...
by Laurie Pandorf | Mar 26, 2017 | The Author's Purpose
Posted on March 26, 2017 For the last two days, my writing has been inspired by the brilliant poet, Georgia Heard and her seminal work with Heart Maps. Near the end of the book, teacher and literacy leader, Penny Kittle, included an essay on her...
by Laurie Pandorf | Mar 25, 2017 | Uncategorized
Posted on March 25, 2017 While I was reading Georgia Heard’s Heart Maps yesterday, I remembered a technique I learned from her to move through writer’s block. It was taken from her book, Writing Toward Home. In it she recounts a moment after her...
by Laurie Pandorf | Mar 24, 2017 | The Author's Purpose
Posted on March 24, 2017 This morning, I was watching marathon episodes of the TLC show, “Long Lost Family.” With a box of tissues nearby, I sobbed, listening to story after story of lost sons, daughters, mothers, fathers, and siblings. One woman, who was given...
by Laurie Pandorf | Mar 24, 2017 | The Author's Purpose
Posted on March 24, 2017 It always seems, that whenever I have done something wrong, I get caught. Like when I stole twenty cents to buy a raffle ticket for a kitten, and even though there were only three participants and two kittens, I didn’t win. In this slice,...
