Valerie J. Brooks is an accomplished writer, workshop leader, a participant in the Willamette Writers Speakers Series, a member of the Oregon Writers Colony as a writer in residency.
Valerie says, “I’m launching my own little ship into the giant waters of the web. Welcome to Gobsmacked: Confessions of a Working Writer.
Take a gander, and you’ll get all those questions answered about what working writers do.
AUTHOR SHOUT OUT AT SCHLAFLY BRANCH LIBRARY, ST. LOUIS, CORNER OF LINDEL/EUCLID, SATURDAY MARCH 7, 3-5 PM I join many of my sister St. Louis writer-friends as we each present our books for a 5-minute reading. I’ll be reading an essay called, “The Book Just Loved Me.” The full length of this essay is around…
Mary E. Trimble’s new book “Tenderfoot” is out! Mary is the author of “Rosemount” and “McClellan’s Bluff.” “Tenderfoot” is available on-line through publisher Treble Heart Books. Personalized copies may be ordered from Mary Trimble Books. Price: $13.50 ISBN 978-1-936127-09-2
Click here to read a profile by Joyce Boatright that gives a snapshot of some areas of my writing life. Story Circle Network National e-letter July 2008, Vol. 9, No 7 To read this e-Letter on the Story Circle Network web site, click here. Click here to go to the main Story Circle Network web…
To watch Eugene Redmond teach is to fall in love with writing, with words, and with the world. Here are some gems from a workshop I attended. Eugene talked about connection and continuum…how our identity is rippling out in circles: woman/womanhood; story; village/community; power; race and class; visionary source and lineage. Eugene has a big…
Ernest Dempsey (a.k.a. Karim Khan, our Man from Pakistan) speaks about freelance writing on Author Access. Interviewed by Irene Watson & Victor R. Volkman.
Do You Have Grannie Annie Stories Ready to Share? There’s still time for students to discover a story from their family’s history, write and edit their story (and illustrate it if they wish), and submit their story to The Grannie Annie to be considered for publication in Grannie Annie, Vol. 6. Submission Deadline Stories and…
Valerie Brook’s new blog: “Gobsmacked: Confessions of a Working Writer”