But she also likes titles with her name in them — Roz Warren, Writing Coach hates gardening articles, as you can see in the attached article below. She does, however, like titles with her name in them, and so I thought that she might enjoy a picture of the first sunflower of the season from my urban Mary Garden. There has…

There is a big difference between the two — Writing is a spectrum, and not all writing is equal. It’s all valid, but it’s not all the same. Writing personal essays and writing content are two very different things. Content is written to keep up with demand, and is often called copywriting, or something similar. Sometimes it can be…

A friend said it was more Las Vegas showgirl — Whether my head wrap was drag or showgirl, it was a big hit. It was huge, showy, and obnoxious, and just the sort of thing the people in my parish would appreciate. …

Sign up for extra content — I’d like to think the name of my newsletter, Alters and Altars, is clever. So, why is it called Alters and Altars? Well, I’m glad you (didn’t) ask(ed). I’m going to tell you anyway, and what’s more is I will tell you for free! I chose the name Alters and…

Yes I did just come out and say it — I’m tired of pussyfooting around with the morality of using ChatGPT in writing. I have lost respect for several writers now over their admission to using this technology to generate content, and I no longer read their essays because they can’t even manage to write their own. I would be…

The fire of hatred devours everything in its path — As far as this crazy authoritarianism being forced on the country right now by an ever-growing fringe element of extreme conservatives, I’ve already been there, done that, gotten the t-shirt, and that’s why I’m scared. Instead of keeping their noses clean, Evangelical Christians have jumped on this bandwagon en masse…

Maybe the born again crowd are right — I’m over the born again Christian crowd. During my life I’ve had the misfortune of being stuck listening to that bullshit, and having the hell scared into me. I promise you there won’t be any born again bullshit here, I don’t cater to those kinds of individuals. …

Honesty doesn’t seem to be important to people anymore — It’s common knowledge that writers are rarely paid what we are worth, and despite the fact that we keep telling society this, they don’t want to get it. Some writers now, however, are beginning to cheapen writing all on their own, by using AI “tools.” …

It’s unfair to do so and it sends the wrong message — While my kids were still in public school, my oldest had an incident where she had done well in standing up for herself using only her words, just to be instructed by the administration that she needed to apologize just to smooth things over. The administrator couldn’t understand why that…