Writers.com Courses | Elle | Community Manager | Activity https://courses.writers.com/members/elle/activity/ Activity feed for Elle | Community Manager. Fri, 29 May 2026 18:54:23 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.14.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 a72b53d274dbd4e21408a16bcc1feec5 Elle | Community Manager posted an update in the group The Roundtable: Thank you to all who joined me this morning during our […] https://courses.writers.com/activity/p/1265/ Mon, 03 Mar 2025 20:04:06 -0500 Thank you to all who joined me this morning during our Write into the Week session! Today, we discussed the benefits of “writer warm-ups,” and I gave some examples. Just like athletes stretch before a workout, writers can benefit from warm-ups to ease into writing. Warm-ups help:

  • Reduce the fear of the blank page

  • Loosen up creativity…

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]]> 0 4d5dd352269d596de1312c476f2ea559 Elle | Community Manager posted an update in the group The Roundtable: Lovely to see many of your faces earlier today on our […] https://courses.writers.com/activity/p/1150/ Mon, 10 Feb 2025 19:13:37 -0500 Lovely to see many of your faces earlier today on our Write into the Week call! Thank you to everyone who participated, and bravely shared your goals and writing.

For those unable to attend, I did share a prompt this week. Several of us used it to consider a different perspective on a piece of writing we were already working on. I thought it…

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]]> 1 60ab1d4a53faec6b80ff72c140e8a1b3 Elle | Community Manager posted an update in the group The Roundtable: Happy Sunday, all! Thank you to everyone who joined me […] https://courses.writers.com/activity/p/1132/ Sun, 09 Feb 2025 14:35:47 -0500 Happy Sunday, all! Thank you to everyone who joined me last Monday for our first “Write into the Week” session. I hope you all enjoyed a successful week of writing. I’m looking forward to hearing if having a goal for the week was helpful, and if you were successful in meeting that goal you set.

Hint: I might start the session by asking…

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]]> 2 b74e8ed386458ce092791bded204b964 Elle | Community Manager posted a new activity comment https://courses.writers.com/activity/p/902/#acomment-919 Fri, 31 Jan 2025 15:00:27 -0500 This question made me realize that I don’t often gift books, which is odd because I buy them frequently. I was recently part of a book exchange, and because I’m an overdoer, I gifted 2 books instead of the 1 required. They were Body Work: The Radical Power of Personal Narrative by Melissa Febos, the best craft book I’ve read in years,…

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📚 The Book You Keep Gifting… and Why? 🎁

Some books leave such a lasting impact that we can’t help but share them with others. Whether it’s a […]

]]> f65bbfbbdc2300cb9dc8f37b4f54e9f9 Elle | Community Manager posted a new activity comment https://courses.writers.com/activity/p/834/#acomment-917 Fri, 31 Jan 2025 14:54:34 -0500 Hi, Bridget. Welcome! We have a lot of similar interests! Starting with California. (I’m typing this from The Netherlands and now live in Hawaii, but lived on the central coast for a several years and miss it dearly!) My father is also a Vietnam vet. I don’t think he’d be willing to go back with me, but I’m so curious about your experience!

In reply to - Bridget Hayes posted an update in the group The Beginning

I’m Bridget. I live in Northern California. I love the infinite creativity of writing – how we are all writing and writing and writing and endless […]

]]> 55191a5e3b30e2cece38932a3881188e Elle | Community Manager posted a new activity comment https://courses.writers.com/activity/p/836/#acomment-916 Fri, 31 Jan 2025 14:51:33 -0500 @sharonsilb I read Demon Copperhead early last year, and really enjoyed it. I don’t read a lot of Kingsolver, but I never understand why, because I always enjoy her when I do. I read The Poisonwood Bible over 20 years ago, and I still think about it.

In reply to - Sharon Silber posted an update in the group The Beginning

Hi I am a mostly retired psychologist who previously wrote poetry in the 1990s (had a chapbook) but have been exploring writing […]

]]> 6d422bc3a9ec6b9ccd51aa0bdde1153d Elle | Community Manager posted a new activity comment https://courses.writers.com/activity/p/843/#acomment-915 Fri, 31 Jan 2025 14:49:05 -0500 Hi, Adam. Welcome! I love your dedication to consistency. I find that to be a trouble spot for me in regards to writing, but once I’m in a routine everything really starts to open up.

In reply to - J. Adam posted an update in the group The Beginning Hi writers! I’m Adam, joining you from Portland, Oregon. I’m very excited to join the community after the writing space last Friday and the poetry pop-up […] ]]> 0e81aafc9b3cd6a5fe38f827b54e2e02 Elle | Community Manager posted a new activity comment https://courses.writers.com/activity/p/911/#acomment-914 Fri, 31 Jan 2025 14:46:46 -0500 Hi, Justin. Welcome to the group! Happy to have you here, and excited to read your writing!

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Hi, my name is Justin, I am from Ann Arbor, Michigan. I fell back in love with writing poetry a year ago. Ive taken my poetry classes in high school, but […]

]]> e52caa8f665af843ac8c45916ad63db9 Elle | Community Manager posted a new activity comment https://courses.writers.com/activity/p/816/#acomment-824 Wed, 29 Jan 2025 16:48:59 -0500 Hi, @Edna ! Looking forward to reading your work and learning more about you.

In reply to - Edna Moraa Thamm posted an update in the group The Beginning Hi, Edna! I am a Math and English teacher in Germany. I love books, traveling, and music.

I live in Leipzig, Germany, and deeply enjoy the […]

]]> df324f0cfc65939f9a54d035d9ebce4b Elle | Community Manager posted a new activity comment https://courses.writers.com/activity/p/649/#acomment-661 Tue, 14 Jan 2025 04:48:46 -0500 I can’t pick just one! I’d love to host a dinner party with Charles Bukowski, Anne Sexton, Gertrude Stein, Edgar Allan Poe, Joan Didion and John Irving. I don’t even want to sit at the table. I just want to eavesdrop on the conversation.

In reply to - George (Community Support) posted an update in the group The Roundtable

Happy Sunday, everyone!

I’m curious—what writer, living or dead, would you want to ask a question, and what would you ask? I’d love to […]

]]> 276594b4aa06cef4a2885fc63830807b Elle | Community Manager posted a new activity comment https://courses.writers.com/activity/p/649/#acomment-656 Mon, 13 Jan 2025 18:36:12 -0500 @babynenuphar Slightly dramatic, butWoman on the Edge of Time changed my life the first time I read it. And, yes, unbelievable world building!

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Happy Sunday, everyone!

I’m curious—what writer, living or dead, would you want to ask a question, and what would you ask? I’d love to […]

]]> b16bc717c5595657959fd58af367a874 Elle | Community Manager posted a new activity comment https://courses.writers.com/activity/p/649/#acomment-655 Mon, 13 Jan 2025 18:34:42 -0500 @Fitz Oh, yes. She’s a great one. I read Paradise twenty-five years ago as a young college student, and I still think about that book on a regular basis!

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Happy Sunday, everyone!

I’m curious—what writer, living or dead, would you want to ask a question, and what would you ask? I’d love to […]

]]> 52fc07445607cc578e127da220ce179d Elle | Community Manager posted a new activity comment https://courses.writers.com/activity/p/633/#acomment-648 Sun, 12 Jan 2025 08:30:57 -0500 The musicality and dense imagery of this piece is intoxicating! It’s so lush I have to read through it slowly. I have a strong desire to think about this phrase “a song hoarding selfish sunlight” more deeply. Thank you for sharing!

In reply to - lolawillis posted an update in the group Writing Showcase

Product of Friday morning’s writing prompt. Any/all comments and suggestions welcome. Thank you so much!


Midsummer of Adam

Lush of oily aubergine, […]

]]> 64fb02203be27f5ae94d92e65bb375c7 Elle | Community Manager posted a new activity comment https://courses.writers.com/activity/p/590/#acomment-647 Sun, 12 Jan 2025 08:27:48 -0500 @KimR I like this idea! My schedule also changes daily, and it makes it hard to commit to writing time that isn’t work related. I may have to try this!

In reply to - George (Community Support) posted an update in the group The Roundtable

Hi everyone!

I’m wondering: What’s the most helpful thing you’ve learned about your own writing process? For me, it’s that I do my most […]

]]> d3ce07411d02c76387e063f8c43875e3 Elle | Community Manager posted an update in the group The Roundtable: "Any story, when done right, is universal." - […] https://courses.writers.com/activity/p/536/ Tue, 07 Jan 2025 09:07:44 -0500 “Any story, when done right, is universal.” – Richard Gadd

This sentence caught my attention while watching the Golden Globes last night. Honestly, I don’t watch a lot of movies or television shows, but have an odd level of affection for award shows. There’s always a lot of boring filler, but at least one speech takes my breath away, makes me…

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]]> 1 f1baed4ea5a1a62c0f513b478f39da4b Elle | Community Manager posted a new activity comment https://courses.writers.com/activity/p/464/#acomment-509 Sun, 05 Jan 2025 04:03:05 -0500 Shortly after completing my first novel, I had the opportunity to attend a writing retreat with one of my author idols. She turned out to be a much better writer than she is a writing mentor. She gave several pieces of bad advice to aspiring fiction authors over 5 days, including:
“Don’t read in your genre.”
“I’ve never had a critique partner,…

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In reply to - George (Community Support) posted an update in the group The Roundtable

A few days ago, I asked, “What is the best writing advice you’ve ever received?” I loved reading through the comments—thank you all so […]

]]> 9a643778c91a4948d713fd29fd3c5460 Elle | Community Manager posted a new activity comment https://courses.writers.com/activity/p/464/#acomment-508 Sun, 05 Jan 2025 03:56:16 -0500 Yes, I frequently second guess myself and picture my 5th grade English teacher leaning over my work when ending a sentence with a preposition.

In reply to - George (Community Support) posted an update in the group The Roundtable

A few days ago, I asked, “What is the best writing advice you’ve ever received?” I loved reading through the comments—thank you all so […]

]]> 23d5127c50df6924cc1f816658023fea Elle | Community Manager posted a new activity comment https://courses.writers.com/activity/p/464/#acomment-507 Sun, 05 Jan 2025 03:54:44 -0500 I laughed too hard at this!

In reply to - George (Community Support) posted an update in the group The Roundtable

A few days ago, I asked, “What is the best writing advice you’ve ever received?” I loved reading through the comments—thank you all so […]

]]> 90ca484c5dabb1eecf7df1fe8918f3bc Elle | Community Manager posted a new activity comment https://courses.writers.com/activity/p/496/#acomment-506 Sun, 05 Jan 2025 03:53:52 -0500 Thank you for sharing this, Karen. I’m going to give it a read this evening!

In reply to - Karen (Joan) posted an update in the group The Roundtable

I noted in the comments on Harmony’s ‘the Beginning’ story, how much I loved A. S. Byatt’s literary mystery, Possession, full of Celtic myths and […]

]]> d875678271841ec701de229ea2c8f79e Elle | Community Manager posted a new activity comment https://courses.writers.com/activity/p/368/#acomment-505 Sun, 05 Jan 2025 03:49:34 -0500 Thank you, Karen! I feel the same!

In reply to - Elle | Community Manager posted an update in the group The Beginning

Hello, writers! I’m Elle LaMarca, the curriculum specialist at Writers.com. I’m so excited to help launch and assist with the growth of our […]

]]> ad7f98f36094b452d37fc91fb97c17ba Elle | Community Manager posted a new activity comment https://courses.writers.com/activity/p/368/#acomment-504 Sun, 05 Jan 2025 03:49:05 -0500 Thank you, Jay! Nice to meet you!

In reply to - Elle | Community Manager posted an update in the group The Beginning

Hello, writers! I’m Elle LaMarca, the curriculum specialist at Writers.com. I’m so excited to help launch and assist with the growth of our […]

]]> 4c6c4bae614ac71b7614995acdfa9438 Elle | Community Manager posted a new activity comment https://courses.writers.com/activity/p/368/#acomment-503 Sun, 05 Jan 2025 03:48:42 -0500 Thank you, Geri! I figure life is an adventure, so I might as well travel through it. 😉

In reply to - Elle | Community Manager posted an update in the group The Beginning

Hello, writers! I’m Elle LaMarca, the curriculum specialist at Writers.com. I’m so excited to help launch and assist with the growth of our […]

]]> fbbcacab21212460facb93d50abd0b12 Elle | Community Manager posted a new activity comment https://courses.writers.com/activity/p/368/#acomment-502 Sun, 05 Jan 2025 03:47:54 -0500 Hi, Nicole. Nice to meet you as well! I look forward to reading your work!

In reply to - Elle | Community Manager posted an update in the group The Beginning

Hello, writers! I’m Elle LaMarca, the curriculum specialist at Writers.com. I’m so excited to help launch and assist with the growth of our […]

]]> 6579b2210c885e3e48a05288a797a840 Elle | Community Manager posted a new activity comment https://courses.writers.com/activity/p/368/#acomment-501 Sun, 05 Jan 2025 03:47:17 -0500 Hi, Laura! Thank you for being here!

In reply to - Elle | Community Manager posted an update in the group The Beginning

Hello, writers! I’m Elle LaMarca, the curriculum specialist at Writers.com. I’m so excited to help launch and assist with the growth of our […]

]]> d44d6eeac4880774ba7a1edf37ff4676 Elle | Community Manager posted an update in the group The Beginning: Hello, writers! I'm Elle LaMarca, the curriculum […] https://courses.writers.com/activity/p/368/ Fri, 03 Jan 2025 00:37:16 -0500 Hello, writers! I’m Elle LaMarca, the curriculum specialist at Writers.com. I’m so excited to help launch and assist with the growth of our new community! Thank you all for being here!

I currently live in Kailua, Hawaii on Oahu. This week, I’m visiting the Big Island to hike Volcanoes National Park and see the spectacular Kilauea eruption. What…

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