Dave Scotese, Litmocracy’s founder announces a contest for unpublished books. The prize is $1,000 dollars and no-cost book publication. This contest runs in ten rounds. It’s purpose is to encourage authors with talent who are unrecognized in the mainstream publishing world. Dave says, “The publishing industry is lax in identifying new authors; hundreds of thousands…
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…
Freida Wheaton’s sense of occasion and community brings together a diverse and accomplished group of creative and business people that are always a pleasure to meet. Last year we gathered to celebrate the victory and promise of Barack Obama’s new administration. This year we gathered again to remember Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy as it…
STL Actors Studio stages John Kolvenbach’s “Love Song” in its LOVE & HONOR season. It’s a play replete in layers as it examines love: within ourselves, couples, families, and the Platonic ideal of love that lives inside us. The Actors Studio is in my neighborhood so I could walk there and back. A genuine pleasure…
Want to know more about story poems as a tool for writing memoir? Listen to this Story Circle Network podcast with Janet Riehl.
Jana Segal who writes Reel Inspiration reviews “A Single Man.” She’s a good guide to the movies.
Ernest Dempsey has located yet another online resource for poets. It’s The Poets Speak where your poem is printed and also heard in your voice through streaming audio. “Blase” is from his second poetry book Two Candles. If you would like to get your audio poem posted, contact The Poets Speak editor.
What are the most clever…fun…pungent and potent…social media updates that you’ve seen or posted yourself? Comment below this anchor post to respond. More below… Dear Riehlife Villagers, I’m launching a series of blog-of-the-month topics by asking our community to discuss a single piece of work: –a book, –a play or film, –a piece of art…
Creativity expert Sir Ken Robinson makes a case for creating an education system that nurtures creativity.
Ann Parker’spresents us with a third novel in her Silver Rush Mystery Series. “Leaden Skies” follows “Silver Lies” and “Iron Ties.” Nice touch how the last word of each title rhymes, no? This one is once again masterfully entertaining with underlying themes of changing women’s roles and the settling of the West. This intense story…