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Jun 4

Satisfy your writer’s curiosity and change your brain

“You never graduate from learning. There is always more to discover.”

This sentence, in an e-mail update from author Jeff Goins, made me think about how much I love to learn, especially about writing.

One of the reasons I love learning is that it feeds my curiosity. Every time I learn something new from a book or a writing workshop or conversation with my writer’s group, I feel a charge. After periods of intense learning and mental stimulation, I even feel like my brain has changed, as if I’ve expanded my thinking.

Turns out, there’s science behind this.

In a post at Psychology Today, neuropsychologist Ian H. Robertson hypothesizes that education and stimulation repeatedly trigger a chemical messenger in the brain called noradrenaline. The brain releases this chemical when you face a challenge, figure out something new, or are surprised by something — all things that happen during the learning process.

So how does this help writers? Read more

Jun 3

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Build a Little Free Library to promote literacy

Little Free Libraries is an organization looking for help to build and place Little Free Libraries where kids and adults need good books.

Their mission is to:

  • Promote literacy and the love of reading by building free book exchanges worldwide.
  • Build a sense of community as we share skills, creativity, and wisdom across generations. 

Their goal is to build 2,510 Libraries–as many as Andrew Carnegie–and keep going!

To find out how you can help promote literacy and spread the word, please visit their website.

“A library outranks any other one thing a community can do to benefit its people. It is a never failing spring in the desert.” – Andrew Carnegie

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