Smorgasbord Blog Magazine Christmas – The Sixth Day of Christmas with Guests William Price King, Annette Rochelle Aben and Jan Sikes
Sally Cronin is sharing a Christmas story of mine on her 12 days of Christmas blog today!
Writing and Music
Hard Times – Part 3
When we left Ella and her three children, a kindly neighbor had driven them to the doctor’s office. Charlie, the baby, had eaten glass and was bleeding. Let’s join them in the doctor’s office. Ella ushered the two girls up the steps and through the wooden door ahead of her. A nurse dressed in a
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Hard Times – Part 4
This has been a short story based on a true incident that occurred to one of my older siblings and passed down from my mom. I hope you’ve enjoyed it as I wrap it up today. When we left Ella, Walter and the children, they were in the doctor’s office where the doctor had removed
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Jan’s Top Ten Books for 2018
I love to look back over the many books I’ve read throughout the year and put together a list of what, in my humble opinion, is the best of the best. This year I read 37 books and let me tell you, it was no easy task coming up with only ten to put on
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2018 The Year of the Short Story!
I’m still looking back at 2018, and one thing that stands out for me, in the literary world, is the number of short stories that were published. Part of the reason for the large surge was a 90 Day Alpha/Omega Beginning to End Short Story contest sponsored by the RAVE REVIEWS BOOK CLUB. While I
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Confidence #NewYear #Shadorma
As I always do at the beginning of each new year, I seek a word for the upcoming year through meditation and self-reflection. For 2019, the word I received is CONFIDENCE! While many who know me may wonder why I would need that word, to me it made perfect sense. Confidence to keep pressing forward,
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Why do we do it?
The Author’s Guild has just published their 2018 Author’s Income Survey. The largest survey of writing-related earnings by American authors finds incomes falling to historic lows to a median of $6,080 in 2017, down 42 percent from 2009. For more on this survey, you can click this link: https://www.authorsguild.org/industry-advocacy/authors-guild-survey-shows-drastic-42-percent-decline-in-authors-earnings-in-last-decade/ Hmmm. That doesn’t bode well for us
Colleen’s 2019 Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 119 “Mystery & Attract,” #SynonymsOnly
I’ve watched from the sidelines for some time as Colleen Cheseboro issues a weekly poetry challenge. This week I decided to try my hand at Haiku – a form of Japanese poetry that consists of 3 lines with a 5/7/5 syllable count. HERE’S THE CATCH: You can’t use the prompt words! SYNONYMS ONLY! The prompt is MYSTERY