I’m happy to introduce Phil Bond as a returning guest on my blog. He was one of my critique partners for years and specializes in nonfiction and short stories. Today he wants to share his view on why we write. Phil wrote this essay on January 9, 2011, one day following the tragic shooting in Tucson on January 8, […]
For Writers
Journal Treasures / Let My Shadow Speak
I’d like to share something I wrote in one of my journals, just to let you know how the mind of at least one writer works. This entry was written on January 1, 2003, two years into the writing of my first novel, Between Will and Surrender. “When I am writing I am doing the thing I was meant to […]
Do Dogs Feel Grief? Coping Together
Dorothy Skarles continues her series on Bereavement, Memoir, and Expressing Oneself in Writing with a post about Dogs and Grief. Welcome friend. Do Dogs Feel Grief? Throughout the world many dedicated people own pets. The bereavement group is no exception. “I don’t think dogs grieve,” one woman said when the subject of grief for the family […]
Put A Widget Inside A Scroll Box
I wrote this post for my now defunct Blogger Blog, and I’m still trying to figure out how to perform this task for my WordPress Blog. Works great! The Post Title List in the sidebar of my blog was getting way too long. Readers had to scroll endlessly to find the titles to my previous posts (Blogging three […]
Eating Chocolate and Losing Weight by Julie Anne Lindsey
Today, I’m proud to present guest blogger, Julie Anne Lindsey. Julie Anne Lindsey is a Midwestern wife, a homeschooling mother of 3, and an all around caffeine addict. She’s also an unpublished author blogging her journey to publication at Musings from the Slush Pile, where she shares writing tips, author interviews, personal experience, and opening chapters […]
Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award 2011
Recently, Amazon and Penguin Group (USA) announced the fourth annual Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award, an international competition seeking fresh new writing voices. CreateSpace will once again host the submission platform for the contest. Here is the information the competition emailed me as a past participant. Important details about the 2011 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award: What are the prizes? […]
