Publishing Class (Part 1)

Publishing Class (Part 1)

Feb 16, 2023 | Writing Life

This month, I have been taking a Publishing Class with the amazing Diane Zinna via Zoom. I learned about Dianna through my 7:00 a.m. Writing Prompts Group, Rules Schmoolz. Our leader, Connie, took it last year. I think there are five of us from the group taking it...
Poetry Corner

Poetry Corner

Oct 15, 2022 | Writing Life

I seldom share my actual writing in these blogs. Mostly, that’s because if I do, I can’t enter the writing into contests or submit them other places for publication because if I make them available via Facebook or via blogs/personal websites, regardless of how...
Table Rock Writers Group

Table Rock Writers Group

Sep 21, 2022 | Writing Life

I was able to attend the Table Rock Writers Group in Little Switzerland, NC, from August 28-September 2. I was told about the Memoir class specifically by my dear friend Darnell Arnoult, who was slated to teach the Memoir class. So I signed up for Memoir, excited to...
Losing Words

Losing Words

Sep 15, 2022 | Writing Life

I have been doing a lot of writing in the past couple of weeks. I wrote some pretty decent starts and dribbles for my memoir about the Epic European (and UK) Excursion at Table Rock Writers from August 29-September 2. But I wrote it all in a notebook and was beginning...
Words

Words

Sep 7, 2022 | Writing Life

When mute words Fall on deaf ears And hard hearts Do not melt, The power we Deny ourselves By not speaking Kills the moment. Unleashing words Must open ears, Must ready hearts For receiving words; To empower each soul, In heart-warmed ways To utter those thoughts And...