It’s About Time
You may remember that a few months ago I wrote about the Steve Martin version of ‘Cheaper By The Dozen’. Specifically, the improbable premise that Bonnie Hunt’s book was published and on-the-shelf ready within 6 weeks of her first submission. Without her knowing about it. I’ve noticed that there are other ‘lies’ being presented to us […]
In the Company of Writers
A few months ago I extolled the virtues of writers’ retreats. Now, I’m going to ramble about conferences. Yes – it’s that time again. In Arkansas, the Arkansas Writers’ Conference is being held the first weekend in June. Following that, White County Creative Writers’ Annual Conference is held the first Saturday of Labor Day weekend. […]
An Open Letter…
Meet Kim Greenup, friend and fellow member of White County Creative Writers. This is Kim’s e-publishing debut, and I’m thrilled to introduce her. You might find her on Facebook, at https://www.facebook.com/kim.greenup.1?fref=ts - - An open letter to my friends and family: It’s December 22, and I have not sent a single Christmas card this year, and […]
Shrink Me II
As Alice discovered, it’s all about space. In this e-publishing era, each letter, space, and punctuation mark is a byte. And bytes are space. That’s why the old rule – two spaces at the beginning of a sentence – has been thrown out. Now it’s one space everywhere. And if they (those invisible editors) could find […]
White Rabbits
Everybody has or will have a White Rabbit or two. They’re different from an ‘aha” moment. White Rabbits are enigmas. We have to study them a while to see what they are telling us. Well, some of us study them. Some of us just jump in behind them and see where they lead! We run across […]
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