mentors | mentors
Apr.16.2013
These days you’ll find an abundance of mentorship opportunities for writers, from the mentoring relationships inherent to full-blown MFA programs to mentors-for-hire who advertise online.
For several years, I’ve mentored writers both informally and for hire. Recently, I was asked by a...
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Mar.26.2013
The path of my journey clears once again.
I was and still am being prepared to embrace and tackle life’s bigger challenges.
A shift in my entire path had its purpose.
Making difficult choices was necessary.
Had I stayed stuck with the old ways there was no way I’d be able to handle today.
It...
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Aug.30.2012
We're digesting the news that Leigh Weimers, a legendary journalist in San Jose, has passed away after a heart procedure he'd blogged about just the other day (http://leighweimers.blogspot.com/). He was 76.
I was in the newsroom on Leigh's last day in 2005. As he walked out, after 40 years as a...
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Jul.27.2012
Most of my life, I've waited for my mentor to come along. You know, that magical, mystical (and hopefully hot) elder who would gently yet firmly instruct and guide me down the yellow brick road of life.
But alas, nobody. Sure, some great teachers, but no wise man with a white beard and stern...
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Jul.27.2012
I've been pondering the blog prompt this week. Exactly what is a mentor? Have I ever had a true mentor? Who were they? What did they do?
I first learned of the idea of a mentor while reading an article in the business section of the newspaper many years ago. In the corporate world, many young...
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Jul.26.2012
The Importance of Truly Great Mentors
By Bernadette A. Moyer
This piece is “prompted” by a request for submissions on mentors. I originally wrote about my mentors in an essay included in my book, Halfway Home The First 50 Years.
I’ve had a few teachers all through school that took an interest in...
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Jul.26.2012
While typing about mentors and remembering people who affected and changed my life today, I recalled different times in my military career, and the Code of Conduct.
The code is six articles. We carried a small book of the code around with us while we were in basic training, memorizing its contents...
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Dec.02.2011
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Sep.21.2011
How to Be More than You Can Be on Your Own: Mentors
A mentor is someone who allows you to see the hope inside yourself. -Oprah Winfrey
Mountain Peak in Austrian Alps
Some dreams in life are like climbing the small mountains, which we can get in shape for, do research on, prepare for,...
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Mar.31.2011
I'm devastated over this. He was an amazing professor and mentor. One of my favorite teachers at Univ of Colorado @ Colo Springs. So talented, creative, enthusiastic. The kind of person you want to have touched your life if you're a creative. He certainly touched this writer's life and...
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