Category: Willa Cather
The Golden Age of Print Media: My Takeaways From the Willa Cather Spring Conference
Author: Melanie Glinsmann Published Date: June 15, 2021 Leave a Comment on The Golden Age of Print Media: My Takeaways From the Willa Cather Spring Conference
Last week, I virtually attended the annual National Willa Cather Center conference. Last year, the conference went all online because of pandemic. Presenters recorded their…
Read All About It: How Newspaper Archives Led Me To New Stories
Author: Melanie Glinsmann Published Date: April 19, 2021 Leave a Comment on Read All About It: How Newspaper Archives Led Me To New Stories
One of my pandemic inspired hobbies involves newspaper archives. It started as a means to continue family genealogy research but wound up becoming a way…
Where Do Writers Find Inspiration?: The Importance of Observation in Creative Thinking
Author: Melanie Glinsmann Published Date: November 14, 2018 Leave a Comment on Where Do Writers Find Inspiration?: The Importance of Observation in Creative Thinking
There’s an idyllic notion that creative inspiration comes from the universe sending lightning bolts of thought into your brain. While this does happen (usually…
Location, Location, Location – Part 2
Author: Melanie Glinsmann Published Date: October 3, 2015 Leave a Comment on Location, Location, Location – Part 2
In Part 2 of my series about at how writers utilize personal experiences to develop setting in their stories, I looked to one of the…
