Blog readers come from all around the world. According to the WordPress stats, I have regular visits from readers in Moldova and Argentina. Go figure. But, I know I also have some local and semi-local readers in the Sarasota and Bradenton areas of Florida. This post is (mostly) for you. The winter quarter is fast approaching and I will again be offering two writing courses through the Lifelong Learning Academy. The classes will be at the University of South Florida – Manatee

I will again be offering two courses through the Life Long Learning Academy at the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee Campus. Both classes run for eight weeks, on Mondays, beginning October 1st, 2012. Mondays, 9 a.m. – Fiction Writing Basics Mondays, 1:30 p.m. – Leaving a Legacy of Words Each class is one hour and twenty minutes long, and packed full of creative writing goodness. If you are in the Sarasota/Bradenton area and interested, please register for the class

<img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-758" class="size-medium wp-image-758 lazyload" title="gptoday" src="https://ericswyatt.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/gptoday.jpeg?w=225" alt="" width="225" height="300" /> Grandparenting Today magazine recently featured an article by Dr. Heidi Moore which mentioned my Legacy Writing course as part of a look at the kinds of legacies grandparents can leave behind. Dr. Heidi Moore–who spends her time balancing her writing life with her dut

If you are like me, and I’m not assuming that you ARE, you’ve read–at some point in your life–a self-help style book about finding your “calling” or identifying the “work you were made to do”. All fine things, really: There is a lot to be said for doing work that brings you joy and helps you identify as a part of something bigger than yourself. Inevitably, the self-help folks have you do something like this: close your eyes and imagine the PERFECT day. What would you do durin