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Bits and Pieces
“He knew everyone had flaws. People fell from grace all the time. But some people fell further than others.” From “Ferrelli’s Fall” (Creek Songs).
Tag Archives: Palm Springs Writers Guild
Desert Writers Expo 2020
February 15, 2020, was the Desert Writers Expo hosted by the Palm Springs Writers Guild and the Rancho Mirage Library and Observatory located in Rancho Mirage, California. Forty writers came together to offer their current books for sale to the … Continue reading
A Writer’s Really Bad Day
Some days should never happen, like those days fate conspires to reek havoc with your plans. Enter May 5, 2018. I was on my way to a Volunteer Recognition Luncheon for the Palm Springs Writers Guild. From there I would … Continue reading
Marketing Your Book
The marketing of a book is an ever evolving, actually, never ending process. As writers, we’re always looking for more and different ways to present our work. My associate and I, after creating All Ways A Woman, explored locations, organizations, … Continue reading
A Writers’ Critique Group at Last
I pulled into the parking lot of the local library a little before 10 a.m., feeling a bit excited. After many years, a writers’ critique group was forming in my locale under the auspices of the Palm Springs Writers Guild … Continue reading
Posted in Authors, Books, Creativity, fiction writing, Inspiration, memoir, novel, personal essay, Reading, short story, Writing
Tagged Being in a writers' group, Developing Writing Craft, La Quinta Library, novel, Palm Springs Writers Guild, personal essay, Purpose of a critique group, short story, Writers and a Critique Group, Writers' Camaraderie, Writing Critique Group
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Writing, a Party, GE, and Samsung
Writer’s block is something that’s been ascribed to by writers for years. You know the definition. The ideas aren’t there, the well has gone dry, the muse has left the building, the empty page holds you in a mind-altering stare. … Continue reading
What is it about a literary reading?
What is it about a literary reading? Let’s call it Risk City – not only do you as a writer take a risk when you put words on paper and share them with a reader, but at a reading there’s … Continue reading
Enjoying Things Creative …
While some hours, days, or even weeks can be absolute bummers (we’ve all been there), other periods of time overflow with activities and events we love to do. Like a perfect storm. Recently, several of mine clustered together within a … Continue reading
Posted in Authors, Creativity, Finding Ideas: The Creative Process, Inspiration, Looking for Inspiration, memoir, Reading, Writing
Tagged Anthony L. Manne, Anthony's Chocolates On-the-Go, Desert Writers Expo, Fused Glass, Glass Art, Glass artist Don Dietz, Lynn Centeno, Maggie Downs, Monthly Writing Challenge, Non-fiction, Palm Springs Writers Guild, personal essay, Pursuit Plot, Rancho Mirage Library, watercolor, Watercolorist Lynn Centeno
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Hit the Restart Button on Learning … 2015
I don’t know about you, but I’ve always liked learning, going to school, and education in general. Well, let me qualify the school part. I’ve always liked going to school … except for 7th and 8th grades. You know, puberty … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, fiction writing, Finding Ideas: The Creative Process, Inspiration, Looking for Inspiration, poetry, short story, Writing
Tagged Coursera, creativity, education, imagination, inspiration, learning, on-going education, online classes, Palm Springs Writers Guild, poetry, school, SUNY College at Buffalo, writing, writing classes
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Have you written a short short lately?
Writing a short short can make a writer very picky. Take, for example, creating a story with only 500 words. A real challenge. That means within those 500 words there will be a beginning, middle, and end. Obviously, the writer has … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, fiction writing, Inspiration, Looking for Inspiration, short story, Writing
Tagged Ernest Hemingway, flash fiction, Flash fiction contests, furious fiction, Kurt Vonnegut, micro fiction, minute fiction, Palm Springs Writers Guild, postcard fiction, sudden fiction, the short short
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Written Beneath the Palms 