By Shannon Grossman I don’t know if it makes me strange, or if I’m just obsessive compulsive—but when I am giving feedback on a piece of written work, I read it twice, at the very least. So, in order
writing
Leaning In to My Instincts
I continue to carve out time to work toward my goal of finishing a manuscript by summer or fall, and I’ve clearly defined that my focus is on my work of fiction, a love story. (Because, remember, I’m
Marshallese Children: The Heart of the Island
Note: This is the fourth of fifteen parts. Click here to read from the beginning. Without doubt, the children are what brings Majuro to life for me. There are so many of them, and because their
Making Global Acquaintances
Note: This is the third of fifteen parts. Click here to read from the beginning. Majuro is home to about 30,000 people, mostly Mashallese, but also Americans, Australians, New Zealanders,
Finding an Island’s Inner Beauty
Note: This is the second of fifteen parts. Click here to read from the beginning. Majuro is a dichotomy. Located in the South Pacific, about 6,000 miles from New England and
Craft ranges from Journalism to Children’s Books
When Joan Axelrod-Contrada was young, she was one of the children who cheered instead of groaned when doing grammar and writing exercises. “I loved how all the different parts of sentences came
Local Author Series: Carol Bailey
Note: This is the seventh of seven parts in a series of blogs on authors living in the Pioneer Valley. Click here to read from the beginning. Carol Bailey says that in writing, the most profound