Apr 25, 2022 | Awards, Memoir, Writing Contests, Writing Life
I’ve been taking notes a lot lately. In conferences. In workshops. While listening to other people’s conversations secretly. I’ve been trying to get back into the swing of writing. Creatively. Or even just feeling the pen gliding along the surface of my notebooks....
Apr 20, 2022 | Business, Memoir, Writing Life
I’m supposed to write four blogs each month for my website. Let me be brutally honest: I’m really not crazy about writing blogs. I feel like no one reads them, and that they’re a waste of my time and energy if no one is reading them. I never get feedback on my blogs....
Apr 20, 2022 | Memoir, Travel
This year’s 80’s Cruise left from Port Canaveral on Saturday, March 5. We tested for covid, as was mandated, on Thursday afternoon, March 3, in Bristol. This was exactly one month after we had both tested positive for covid in February. We flew into Orlando on Friday,...
Jan 17, 2022 | Writing Contests, Writing Life
So many writing events and deadlines coming up in the next few weeks/months! Here’s my calendar. Feel free to investigate/add these events to your own calendars, too! January 22, 2022 => Darnell Arnoult, “Mining the Mother Lode” ($40, Send Check to Darnell –...
Jan 15, 2022 | Writing Life
Every January, Tennessee Mountain Writers, Inc., sponsors January Jumpstart, a weekend of writing geared to jumpstart writers early on in the year, to inspire us to get writing as soon as possible! This year’s workshop facilitators included Darnell Arnoult for Fiction...
Jan 11, 2022 | Memoir, Travel
We set out for Williamsburg on Friday morning, January 7, 2022, two days after our actual 20th wedding anniversary. There was snow in the forecast. Just like there had been on the day of our wedding when we left for our honeymoon in Williamsburg. The day before, I was...
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