Robert Merrick Fuller author

Finding Felicity in the Fields of Vermont

Author Robert Merrick Fuller to Share Memoir with Green Mountain Writers on August 4 In a world that often rushes past life’s quiet moments, Robert Merrick Fuller has chosen to slow down, look back, and offer something rare: a memoir not of fame or spectacle, but of meaning. His debut book, A Horse-Drawn Sickle Bar […]

TikTok for Authors Seriously?

TikTok for Authors… go where your audience has gone

#BookTok is a hashtag used by authors and digital content creators who feature book recommendations, reviews and memes. Professor Sut Jhally, founder of the Media Education Foundation once said, “Advertisers (authors) have to go to where the audience is if they want to sell products (books). They have no option but to go where the […]

Freewriting and Low Stakes Writing

Freewriting and Low Stakes Writing

Peter Elbow is a professor of English Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Amherst… where he also directed the Writing Program from 1996 until 2000. He writes about theory, practice, and pedagogy, and has authored several books and papers. He is one of the pioneers of freewriting and a passionate advocate for the democratization of […]

Achieving Flow State for Optimal Writing

Achieving Flow State for Optimal Writing

All writers strive for those magical moments when the words seems to flow effortlessly from mind to page, when one loses track of time and enters a trance-like state of creative focus. Psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi coined the term “flow state” to describe this absorbed, energized feeling when skills and challenge are aligned. For decades, Csikszentmihalyi […]

Now, Two Flavors of Green Mountain Writers Group

“There are far better things ahead than any we leave behind.” – C.S. Lewis Time for a breath of fresh air… The Burlington Writers Workshop Meetup Group, originally established by Peter Bielo, has been idle since 2022. After more than two years with no activity, he released it and I had the chance to assume […]