Why it’s okay to write when you’re emotional

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Some of my best writing comes out when I’m emotional. When I was in college, one of my old professors said some of my best work came out when I was emotional. Whatever I was feeling, if I allowed it, would end up on the page. She said I was never afraid to let my… [Continue Reading]

So where did the term ‘Girl Friday’ come from anyway?

Pepper Potts image for 7-15-2012 post

  Believe it or not, the term “Girl Friday” is actually a variation of “Man Friday,” which was originally coined from the character Friday in Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. Crusoe is an Englishman shipwrecked on a deserted Caribbean island and when he rescues one of the natives from cannibals, he makes him his servant. … [Continue Reading]

Question everything, including your characters by The Girl Friday Goddess

Question everything

    Girl Friday. That’s what one of my uncles used to call me. His Girl Friday. My parents both come from large families; My dad from a family of eight children and my mother from a family of six. My family has been in the restaurant business for over thirty-five years now so naturally… [Continue Reading]

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