Alton Writers Guild, Regional Poetry Out Loud winners, and The Calhoun Entertainment Company performing a scene from Nunsense” kicked off the celebration. The Kevin Lucas Orchestra performed international music with gonzo band leader playing the marimba. Let me fan myself, Sister!
Nice “atta girl” from Bobbi Linkemer of Writing a Nonfiction Book Riehl Life, founded by artist, writer, poet, and musician Janet Grace Riehl, defies description. It is just plain beautiful, international in flavor, and mind stretching. You just have to go there to understand what I mean. Janet has enough talent for 20 people and…
Women’s Memoirs is at it again…leading the way to support women (and men) writers and bloggers. Blogrolls…contests…prizes…It’s hard to keep track. Nominate your blog on Women’s Memoirs and meet some other outstanding bloggers. Kendra Bonnett and Matilda Butler say: One way we promised to help build this community, to help you reach more women interested…
CONTEST DEADLINE “NASH MEMBERS ONLY” IS MONDAY, MARCH 1… POSTMARKED by MARCH 1 Not a member or need to renew? Send in a membership check with your submission, or do it with credit card online: $30 ($15 for student) Consider adding a $20 donation to your $30 and get Margie VIII free. CONTEST DEADLINE BEVERLY…
Laurie Wagner Buyer is one of the Western writers who contributed essays to the anthology “Come Back Wolves: Western Writers Welcome the Wolf Home.” One of the reviewers of Comeback Wolves worded it this way: “If you believe that literature has the power to change the world, then you will love Comeback Wolves. It’s beautiful,…
Capricorn Heart = Persistence of the goat My second post for my Creative Catalyst series on Story Circle Network’s “Telling Herstories: The Broad View” is now up. You can access “Building a Creative Practice: Not for Wimps” by clicking here…where you’ll also see the first post, “What is Creativity Anyway?” Also, a third post will…
Anthology Call for Submissions Wisdom Has a Voice: Every Daughter’s Memories of Mother Editors: Kate Farrell & Lynn Henriksen This groundbreaking anthology, to be released October 2011, will include 25 true and compelling stories about mother (or mother figures) that express the wisdom shared or learned from a particular experience. We are looking for personal…