Originally published May 31, 2007 on Communati My daughter is four (or four and a half as she insists). This morning she ‘wrote’ this song. All I did was write it down - the words are hers. I wish I lived in the sky I wish I lived in the sky But we are human beings So we don’t live [...]

This is one I have saved from WU One day last year I nearly lost my daughter for good. It wasn’t through illness, but because she’d developed a couple of new skills I didn’t know she had and because she was a normal stroppy toddler. Last summer, a group of us decided to take advantage of the [...]

Dyan Garris is the author of Money and Manifesting, a book that goes beyond The Secret to help people achieve success with manifestation. I’m pleased to welcome her for an interview here today. A Can you tell us a bit about yourself and how you came to write this book? “Money and Manifesting” was a natural [...]

Dentist Dr Joe Capista has taken the lessons he’s learned from creating and marketing his business and has put them into a book. Sharon’s Writing Lab is happy to publish the following interview with him: Where you are from and where are you now? I reside in Media, Pennsylvania with my wife [...]

I’ve been doing some rearranging of my sites. My Writing Lab has moved to a new home so that I can separate my blogging for money from my creative writing. I feel better about that and I hope that you will too. Anyway, bear with me over the next couple of weeks as I do [...]

Today is my daughter’s fifth birthday. Here’s something I wrote for her this morning. Today is the day that you were born My precious baby. Today is the day that you were born. My precious girl. I don’t know what star I wished upon My precious baby. I don’t know what star I wished upon My precious girl But my wish has come true My [...]

What do you look for in the perfect checking account? The question came up in some research in the UK about what people liked and disliked. While most people liked the convenience of online banking, there were many who liked being able to reach someone when it was necessary. I have no complaints about my [...]

If you’ve read Writing Lab News this morning, then you’ll have noticed that the link to Break It Up: How To Write A Good Ending is broken. Sorry for the mix up - that site is still in transition. Here’s the real link.

Book Talk returns this week with an interview with Earl Ofari Hutchinson, author of The Latino Challenge to Black America. Welcome to Sharon’s Writing Lab, Earl. Can you tell us a bit about your book? The Latino Challenge to Black America is a deep probe of the issues that have united and dived blacks, Hispanics and the [...]

Is there any poetry in writing about rehab? Don’t know, but I’m going to try, with my new favourite toy, the haiku. Floating in the azure sky Need my drug rehabs To bring me to solid earth Of course, I’m not sure that it qualifies as either nature or feelings, but it’s an effort all the same. If you [...]