A Beginner’s Guide to Fermenting Vegetables

Whether you are a master gardener or a raw beginner, eventually you will end up with a bumper crop of your favorite vegetables. While that abundance will certainly be welcomed, you may suddenly be faced with a problem you did not expect. When your garden is overflowing with green goodness, it can be hard to use all those wonderful vegetables before they go bad. You could always treat your...

Five Ways to Help Your Child Learn Language Skills

Language skills are the key to a lifelong experience of learning. You may be surprised at how much your baby and toddler can learn and understand from a very early age. The following five tips will help you to help your child to develop essential language skills. Avoid Baby Talk Babies may not be able to talk back to you in coherent language, but mimicking their baby sounds back to them will not...

Starting a Novel

There are many people who, when speaking with a writer, said some variation of, "I have a great idea for a novel," or "I really wish I could do something like that." Maybe that has been your experience. The person wanting to write that great idea down, but not knowing when or how. The excuses not to write a novel often pile upon your mind, overwhelming you. These excuses can cause you to forget...

Writing a Short Film on a Budget

Writing a Short Film on a Budget they tend to be produced more for festivals or reels than for theatrical or television distribution. Though many of them end up on streaming platforms, they're often seen more as a sign of the director and/or writer's abilities, than as a product to be received and paid for by a distributor. As a result, there are often constraints on short film budgets and...