Dan Waber has come up with an unusual journal writing challenge. He turned 40 on January 12th and somehow decided to use this as his inspiration. The challenge?
He intends to write 40 words only each day about 365 people and publish these entries on his blog. There are already several entries and even a couple […]
Although you can no longer purchase Wakimbo’s excellent handmade journals you will find some excellent inspirational journal writing prompts on this website. Try Journalogy for specific journal writing prompts and exercises that will push your pen, but make sure you view the entire site for surprises and material that will really make you think. You […]
If you haven’t seen Sandy Grason’s Journalution yet, then take a moment now.
Sandy’s website is an advertisement for her book, but you can sign up for her free newsletter, which always have excellent prompts, and all her newsletters are archived on the website.
I can personally recommend contacting Sandy if you have any questions about her […]
I just had to share with you a journal I found online at a store called Uncommon Goods. It’s A Reader’s Journal, with space to record info on 250 books. As far as I’m concerned that’s a book reading journal keeper’s idea of heaven. Take a look.
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If you’re looking for a great start on how to Write a Family Memoir this article is a great place to start. Included are 12 Tips for Writing Your Own Family Memoir as a sidebar on the website.
Not everyone will feel comfortable writing down their memories for the memoir. If you’re the one organising […]
While reading through some of the Embodiment entries over at Livejournal.com I came across an interesting blog called Post Secret.
The idea is simple. You create a postcard and share a secret on that postcard. The instructions are here. While the idea is to get your secret posted on the Post Secret blog, I think […]
Another excellent online resource for journal writing and/or visual journal keeping is Cre8it! Windows of Creative Opportunity. This is the home of free online newsletters Whatever. . . Whenever and Now What? You can also subscribe to A.Muse.ings, which is a very reasonable $10 for the year. Download a sample issue to see what you’ll […]
While reading the Simply Thrifty blog I came across the Edge annual question for 2006. Although Kevin Humphrey’s blog made reference to one contributors response, Leo Chalupa to the question, I thought to share the website as a deep thinking prompt to respond to in your own journal.
What is your dangerous idea? is fully […]
Feeling a little bored with your plain journal cover? You might like to check out some of the useful links below to spice up the cover of your latest journal or a journal you have waiting to write in.
HGTV.com has some great ideas for covering your journals:
Aluminum Covered Journal
Botanical Journal Cover
Clay-Embellished Sunshine Journal
Handspun Yarn Kit […]
I’ve probably mentioned Susan Letham’s Inspired2write.com website before, but I’ve just discovered Life Lore, a self-taught autobiography writing course over there.
There’s a few terrific Journal Writing exercises, too.
For more sign up for Susan’s free regular monthly newsletters; Inspired2Write and Wordweb, which has some particularly good-end-of-year/beginning-of-year journal writing exercises this month.
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