Atlanta Writers Club - Alicia Brown

What I’m Reading: Shine On

It’s not every day that I’m reading a book and suddenly up pops a mention of me, right there on the page. But that’s exactly what happened while I was reading Claire Cook’s “Shine On: How to Grow Awesome Instead of Old”! You see, the …

What I’m Reading: Never Too Late

I just finished reading “Never Too Late: Your Roadmap to Reinvention (Without Getting Lost Along the Way),” which I bought after hearing the author speak at an Atlanta Writers Club meeting last month. As I’m approaching my 40th birthday and starting to come to terms …

A year in the life (and then some…)

It’s been one year today since I started this blog, so I thought I’d share the story of how it came to be and my writing life up to this point. My rebirth as a writer really began three years ago, when my sister gave …

Summer

Do you want to know what it’s like out tonight?I could tell you that the sun has just gone down,That the sky is streaked with pink clouds,That the air is warm and sweet with the smell of honeysuckleAnd a cool, gentle breeze is stirring the …

Augusten Burroughs on why to write every day

I had the privilege of hearing Augusten Burroughs speak at the Atlanta Writers Club Centennial Celebration on Saturday night. His keynote speech took the form of a Q&A session, which was a little disappointing to me: he’s such an excellent storyteller that I would have …