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Eddie Cantor-Slow down and enjoy life.
Originally posted on ronovanwrites:
“Slow down and enjoy life. It’s not only the scenery you miss by going to fast – you also miss the sense of where you are going and why.” -Eddie Cantor (September 21, 1892-October 10, 1964) During research for a book I’m writing, I ran across details of a man I…
AUTHOR WEDNESDAY – PAULETTE MAHURIN
Originally posted on P.C. ZICK:
Welcome to Author Wednesday. We’re headed into the holiday season full blast, so I hope you’re all staying safe and sane. Today, I welcome Paulette Mahurin, the author of The Persecution of Mildred Dunlap, which has been described as a women’s Brokeback Mountain. In her latest novel, To Live Out Loud, she chronicles…
Poetry challenge #8: Butterfly cinquain
Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes:
A butterfly cinquain is a nine-line syllabic verse of the following pattern: 2 / 4 / 6 / 8 / 2 / 8 / 6 / 4 / 2. This is a poem that makes a pretty pattern, a butterfly, in fact. Here’s my example, based on yesterday’s drenched…
The Writer
Originally posted on The Writings of William C. Pennington:
My life bleeds from the pen in blood-red ink staining paper with great swathes of sorrow and towering pillars of joy. I live passionate in this life, laughing and crying, not knowing what lies before me, remembering what lies behind. I capture emotions with the lens…
Book Launch Feature — Tales from the Garden
Originally posted on Teagan's Books:
Book Launch Feature — Author Sally G. Cronin Hello everyone. In case you aren’t familiar with her, let me just say that blogger and author Sally G. Cronin is one of the world’s most generous and supportive people. When I saw that she had a new collection of short…
A tale of four audiobooks
Originally posted on write meg!:
Most of my reading these days is actually . . . listening. If I hadn’t discovered audio books (with a helpful push from book bloggers) a few years back, I’m pretty sure my reading total for the year would be about, oh, five. Wish I were joking. Over the years,…
Introducing Write Better Fiction
Originally posted on Kristina Stanley:
Introducing Write Better Fiction- Give Yourself Feedback On Your Manuscript Feedback is an important part of the writing process. There are some elements of your novel you’ll need human feedback for, but there are others you can analyze on your own. Today, I’m kicking off a series called WRITE BETTER…
Viv Drewa - The Owl Lady 