Tonight at 6 pm West coast time/9pm EST I’ll be talking to Karen Fabian and others on FabChat. What is FabChat, you ask?FabChat is a weekly live chat for writers and readers of all interests and persuasions. Join us to learn about books, the stories behind them, the lives of their authors and a little about the writing [...]
It’s fall! Okay, I may not go by the calendar, but I know when the light changes, the air carries a feeling of excitment and smells of apples. Maybe I’ve taught school for too long, but there’s nothing like fall for fresh starts. So it’s with a just a little bit of trepidation and a great deal [...]
I was busy last week and somehow missed the news– Madeleine L’Engle died. A Wrinkle in Time, A Wind in the Door , the Austin series are books I loved. My daughter adored them. I remember finding her as a 6th grader sprawled on her bedroom floor constructing a chart. She was putting all of L’Engle’s books she [...]
Okay, for some reason, not all the contests I added to the Student Writers tab show up on the post. So, here’s the third contest… DRAGONCOMET SHORT STORY CONTEST: http://www.ltue.org/contests.htmLife, the Universe & Everything, The contest is divided into the following categories:1. Adult writers 2. School age writers (9th – 12th grade at contest deadline)3. [...]
It’s the end of those summer night art walks, (Passagiata), in our town Richland, WA. The first Friday evening of the month stores stay open late, artists perform, and folks enjoy the summer night. This Friday, Sept 7th, marks the end of this season’s Passagiata with a book signing at Wild Goose Design, 610 the [...]
Check out the current contests for student writers, (fantasy, poetry and short story), on the student writers tab of this website. I’ve added three new listings! School has started and its time to get scheduled and get those stories dusted off, polished up and out into the world. And when you do get something accepted…let me [...]