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About Charity Singleton Craig

Charity Singleton Craig is the author of The Art of the Essay: From Ordinary Life to Extraordinary Words and co-author of the popular title On Being a Writer: 12 Simple Habits for a Writing Life That Lasts. She has served as an editor, contributing writer, and workshop leader for Tweetspeak Poetry and currently writes for corporate clients and publications such as Edible Indy. She is also a two-time recipient of the Arts in the Parks and Historic Sites Grant from the Indiana Arts Commission and the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, to write about the state parks and present writing programs to park visitors.

Grammar for a Full Life Book Club: On Becoming Less Possessive

By Charity Singleton Craig 6 Comments

Barbary macaque - possessive grammar

Are your possessive pronouns making you hold onto things a little too tightly? Charity Singleton Craig says loosen your grip, in the final installment of Grammar for a Full Life book club.

Filed Under: Blog, book club, English Teaching Resources, Grammar for a Full Life, Patron Only

Grammar for a Full Life Book Club: Chilling Out on the Grammar Rules

By Charity Singleton Craig 4 Comments

brown squirrel with ears up - chill out grammar rules

In this week’s book club discussion of Grammar for a Full Life, Charity Singleton Craig helps parse when the grammar rules matter, and when we can chill out.

Filed Under: Blog, book club, English Teaching Resources, Grammar for a Full Life, Patron Only

Grammar for a Full Life Book Club: A Passive Voice

By Charity Singleton Craig 16 Comments

Mastiff puppy hangdog face

Charity Singleton Craig kicks off our latest book club with a discussion of the ways that passive voice can take away agency and responsibility.

Filed Under: Blog, book club, Grammar for a Full Life, Patron Only

Book Club Announcement: Grammar for a Full Life

By Charity Singleton Craig 1 Comment

Ducklings at water edge

Join Charity Singleton Craig in our next book club, Grammar for a Full Life, and explore the ways language, and grammar in particular, can enrich our experiences and well-being.

Filed Under: Blog, book club, Grammar for a Full Life, Patron Only

How to Like Your Essays, More and More

By Charity Singleton Craig 2 Comments

Levels Tools for The Art of the Essay

If you want to like your essays, more and more, it helps to begin by liking others’ work—and seeing what *makes* it work. Get inspiration for how. Plus prompts! From author Charity Singleton Craig.

Filed Under: Essays, The Art of the Essay, writer's group resources, writing prompt, writing prompts, Writing Tips

The Jungle Effect Book Club: How to Find an Indigenous Diet that Works for You

By Charity Singleton Craig 2 Comments

The Jungle Effect indigenous diets

In this final discussion of Daphne Miller’s The Jungle Effect, Charity Singleton Craig considers the challenges and opportunities of finding your own indigenous diet options.

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The Jungle Effect Book Club: Specific Indigenous Diets and What They Have in Common

By Charity Singleton Craig 8 Comments

The Jungle Effect book club

In this week’s book club discussion of Daphne Miller’s The Jungle Effect, Charity Singleton Craig helps us understand the unique diet characteristics of disease “cold spots” around the globe and how we might benefit from their practices in our own settings.

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The Jungle Effect Book Club: The Basics of Indigenous Diets and How They Work

By Charity Singleton Craig 18 Comments

bee pollen purple flower

In this week’s book club discussion of The Jungle Effect, Charity Singleton Craig considers the benefits of an indigenous diet, relying on locally available foods.

Filed Under: Blog, book club, Patron Only, The Jungle Effect

Book Club Announcement: The Jungle Effect (Plus Two More Winter Book Clubs)

By Charity Singleton Craig 13 Comments

Jungle Effect elderberry

Advances in food technology have not always served us as well as we might expect. Coming up later this month, join Charity Singleton-Craig for an exploration of The Jungle Effect and discover how the healthiest diets from around the world can be adapted to work for us.

Filed Under: Blog, book club, Patron Only, The Jungle Effect

Want a Sense of Home, Togetherness & Creativity?—Try The Farmers Market Factor

By Charity Singleton Craig 4 Comments

Farmacology farmers market cucumbers

Charity Singleton Craig wraps up her book club discussion of Farmacology exploring the ways that farmers markets and community gardening contribute to the health not only of individuals, but of entire communities.

Filed Under: Blog, book club, Farmacology, Patron Only

Farmacology Book Club: Stress, Brain Plasticity, and Living a Free-Range Writing Life

By Charity Singleton Craig 11 Comments

Farmacology free range eggs

A little sunshine, outdoor play, and socializing can go a long way to reduce stress in humans — and chickens. Charity Singleton Craig discusses Farmacology in this week’s book club.

Filed Under: Blog, book club, Farmacology, Patron Only

Farmacology Book Club: Good Tilth for the Land, the Body and Our Writing

By Charity Singleton Craig 7 Comments

Farmacology good tilth

Whether it’s the soil where food is grown, the food we put in our bodies, or the writing we put on the page, we need good tilth. Charity Singleton Craig discusses the natural and self-sustaining nutrient cycles in our Farmacology book club.

Filed Under: Blog, book club, Farmacology, Patron Only, poetry prompt, writing prompt, writing prompts

Where Foreshadowing and Symbolism Meet: Adumbration

By Charity Singleton Craig 10 Comments

Train tracks adumbration

Create layers and depth in your writing by trying the technique of adumbration, which occurs at the intersection of foreshadowing and symbolism. Charity Singleton Craig explains how.

Filed Under: Become a Better Writer, writing prompts, Writing Tips

Book Club Announcement: Farmacology

By Charity Singleton Craig 5 Comments

Farmacology bowls on stone wall

What’s good for the land—its soil, its vegetation, its animals—is also good for us. Starting September 16, join Charity Singleton Craig for a book club discussion of Daphne Miller’s Farmacology and the connection between farming and health.

Filed Under: Blog, book club, Farmacology

4 Smartphone-Free Tips to Help Sustain Your Writing Life

By Charity Singleton Craig 1 Comment

Smart phone use and writing

Charity Singleton Craig has tips to help you conquer your smart phone habits to take care of your writing and your brain.

Filed Under: Blog, Writing Life, Writing Tips

3 Ways to Improve Your Writing This Summer with Booth Tarkington

By Charity Singleton Craig 8 Comments

Got the summer writing blues? Charity Singleton Craig shares 3 tips inspired by Hoosier author Booth Tarkington to improve your writing this summer.

Filed Under: Blog, Regional Tour, Summer Read!, Writing Life, Writing Tips

Audubon’s Birds and the Habits of Nature Writing

By Charity Singleton Craig 2 Comments

John James Audubon and Nature Writing

John James Audubon’s meticulous and detailed approach to studying birds can inspire not only the nature writer but anyone wishing to write more vividly.

Filed Under: Blog, nature

Can Your Distractions Make You a Better Writer?

By Charity Singleton Craig 10 Comments

Can Distractions Make You a Better Writer bubbles in field

Can being distracted make you a better writer? Charity Singleton Craig explores the ways we can use our distractions to fuel creativity and even improve our writing.

Filed Under: Blog, Creativity, Writing Life, Writing Tips

The Writing Life: Paterson’s Blank Page

By Charity Singleton Craig 18 Comments

The Writing Life view from bus

In the film Paterson, Charity Singleton Craig finds the routine of doing the same thing in the same place day after day forms a canvas on which to create.

Filed Under: Blog, poetry, Writing Life

Regional Tour: Marie Webster Quilts at Indianapolis Museum of Art

By Charity Singleton Craig 12 Comments

Marie Webster quilts pink flower

On her latest regional tour, Charity Singleton Craig takes in the exhibit of Marie Webster at the Indianapolis Museum of Art.

Filed Under: Art, Blog, Indiana Tour, Regional Tour

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