Author Maryanne Raphael graces us with memories of her mentors. Janet __________________ My Mentors My first mentor was Grandfather Patterson who read stories to me, wrote letters to editors and typed up all the stories I made up before I learned the art of putting words on paper. He helped me appreciate my first rejection…
Leave a comment about the video and you’ll have a chance to win a FREE copy of our audio book “Sightlines: A Family Love Story in Poetry and Music”. Week Six July 6-10 July 6 Molly Lundquist welcomes Janet for a guest post, review, book club suggestions, and Midwestern recipes at Lit Lovers, a well-read…
Week Four June 22-26 We’re into week four now, with 1/3 of the tour completed. Thanks for those of you following the tour. Go to Eden’s site for this week’s TREASURE HUNT CLUE. Then, contact Janet with the answer to win a FREE copy of our audio book “Sightlines: A Family Love Story in Poetry…
JUNE Week One 1 Velda Brotherton on “On Being a Writer” includes Janet Riehl as part of her stories woven in time. Velda and I are both members of Women Writing the West 2 Kendra Bonnett & Matilda Butler welcome Janet to Women’s Memoir where everyone has a story to tell. Guest post on the…
A Family Love Story in Poetry & Music Hey! SF Book Festival just awarded an honorable mention to “Sightlines: A Family Love Story in Poetry & Music” in the audio/spoken word category! Come snuggle into the comfort of this quilt of poetry and music rooted in the Midwest heartland. The story-poems stitch together the lives…
Here is the entire interview with Eden Maxwell, all in one piece, if you’d prefer to read it that way rather than chunked out into the three featured posts: April 10, 2008: Artist Eden Maxwell’s Life Purpose is Dharma in Daily Life April 9, 2008: Eden Maxwell on Art in Zen and the Zen of…
Eden Maxwell’s weblog “The Soul of Fine Art” is a fine place to “delve into art, passion, writing, dharma, character, consciousness, culture, intuition, evolution, and the spirit we call soul. Eden Maxwell’s breakout book An Artist Empowered: Define and Establish Your Value as an Artist—Now is, indeed, a triumph over rejection and a 435 page…
Today, Guest Blogger Janet Muirhead Hill, author of the Miranda and Starlight series of six books and Danny’s Dragon, a story of wartime loss concludes her Riehl series on “Overcoming Rejection and the the Writing Life.” Quite inspiring, no? Janet, thank you for being one of the other Janet’s in the world and sharing your…
Guest Blogger Janet Muirhead Hill, author of the Miranda and Starlight series of six books and Danny’s Dragon, a story of wartime loss continues her series of Riehlife blog posts on Overcoming Rejection and the Writing Life. Tomorrow she’ll discuss “How to Separate Our Personhood from Our Work When Receiving and Using Criticism.”–JGR ________________________________________________________________ Monica…
While I’m away in New Mexico, I’m leaving you in the capable hands of two sister members of Women Writiing the West. For the first four days, enjoy the wisdom of Guest Blogger Janet Muirhead Hill, author of the Miranda and Starlight series of six books and Danny’s Dragon, a story of wartime loss. As…