Author Archives: Gerry Wilson

About Gerry Wilson

Fiction writer, writing consultant, teacher, reader, wife, mother, grandmother.

Own the Emotion, Then Give It Away

Posted on June 10, 2013

  Back in April, I volunteered as a studio monitor during the Southeast Regional Ballet Association’s festival here in Jackson, where some 800 ballet students and teachers gathered for three days of dance classes and evening performances. My sixteen-year-old granddaughter’s … Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge: The Sign Says

Posted on June 1, 2013

The WordPress Photo Challenge this week asks that we post a picture of a sign and explain why we chose it. I had a different photograph in mind when I went searching through my files, but I’ll save that one for another … Continue reading →

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Wordsmith Studio Photo Prompt: Silence

Posted on May 31, 2013

The photo challenge this week at Wordsmith Studio is silence. I took this photo of the sky at the beach a couple of years ago. Of course, the beach wasn’t silent: breaking waves, wind, birds calling, children’s voices . . . … Continue reading →

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Quick Tip: Three Steps for Perfect Proofing

Posted on May 29, 2013

Reblogged from The Daily Post: There’s a tedious but necessary final step before hitting “publish”: proofreading. If you’re anything like me, proofreading is the antithesis of writing, cruelly shunting you from an intuitive, creative flow to the much-less-fulfilling world of … Continue reading →

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