MEET ALICE BENSON, RUNNER UP IN WINTER 2020 FLASH FICTION CONTEST

Tuesday, June 30, 2020
Alice Benson lives in Wisconsin with her spouse and their two dogs. She discovered writing as a passion in the third act of her life and spends much of her time in pursuit of metaphors. Alice recently retired from a job in a human services field; previously she spent over thirteen years working with a domestic violence program. Her shorter published works have appeared in a Main Street Rag Anthology,...
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Seeker by Rita Pomade Blog Tour and Giveaway

Monday, June 29, 2020
Seeker: A Sea Odyssey is the story of two people who meet in Mexico and fall in love. Rita is an American part-time English language teacher and freelance reporter for an English language tourist magazine struggling to raise two young boys on her own. Bernard is a French geologist under contract to the Mexican government to search for underground thermal springs. She dreams of finding Shangri-la...
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Meet Miranda Keller, Runner Up in the WOW! Q2 2020 Creative Nonfiction Essay Contest

Sunday, June 28, 2020
Miranda lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband of 35 years. Her writings take the reader down various paths of thought and feeling- the ebb and flow of life. She faces her own human struggles with courage and refreshing honesty. She has enthusiastically coached her two sons and numerous students through the challenging aspects of the English language working as a teacher’s assistant....
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I'm NOT Sorry and You Shouldn't be Either!

Saturday, June 27, 2020
Do you ever feel guilty promoting your writing or your book(s) on social media?  Be honest... At some time in your career, you've heard someone say "I'm so sick of her posts" or "seriously, no one cares" etc... That's not even about you. Those comments are about THEM. At the root of negative comments are insecurities and they aren't yours. Don't own those comments and don't let them...
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Friday Speak Out!: From Protest to Plague and Back Again: Researching Memory, Living the Past

Friday, June 26, 2020
by Sarah Relyea Can we ever know the past? Sure, we have research—records, documents, and archaeological sites—but long-ago words and stones leave huge gaps. Sensory memory rushes to fill those gaps, dangling its low-hanging fruit, coloring today's pandemic and protest with our forgotten fears and longings. Through the strange brew of research and memory, novels can bring the past to life. Novels...
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New Thinking About Old Goals

Thursday, June 25, 2020
I recently came across an interview with renowned dancer and choreographer, Twyla Tharp, whom I greatly admire, and at the very end of the interview, I read this: “You don’t want to have a goal that you can accomplish.” Which is…wait. What? I’m a goal-driven person; I have daily goals, weekly goals, monthly goals, yearly goals. Goals keep me on track, help me to accomplish the little things,...
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The Tea Cookbook: Interview & Giveaway

Wednesday, June 24, 2020
Ever since 2737 B.C. when leaves from an overhead tea plant drifted into Emperor Shen Nung's cup of boiling water, tea has been recognized and imbibed by many cultures around the world for its capacity to soothe, restore and refresh body and mind. In The Tea Cookbook Joanna Pruess and John Harney harness the amazing power of these versatile leaves and take them from the teapot into the soup pot,...
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Interview with Sally Basmajian: Winter 2020 Flash Fiction Contest Third Place Winner

Tuesday, June 23, 2020
Sally’s Bio: Sally Basmajian is an escapee from the corporate broadcasting world. Before fleeing the business, she was Bell Media’s Vice President and General Manager, Comedy and Drama. She is currently polishing a women’s thriller and sketching a number of short memoir and fiction pieces. In February 2020, she was awarded first prize in both the Fiction and Non-Fiction categories for Ontario’s...
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Pestilence by Pamela Taylor Blog Tour and Giveaway

Monday, June 22, 2020
At the dawn of the Renaissance, Alfred - the eponymous second son - must discover the special destiny foreseen for him by his grandfather. Now, the unthinkable has happened: Alfred’s brother is king. And it isn’t long before everyone’s worst fears are realized. Traditional allegiances are shattered under a style of rule unknown since the grand bargain that formed the kingdom was struck over two...
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Interview with Jennifer Lauren: Q2 2020 Creative Nonfiction Contest Runner Up

Sunday, June 21, 2020
Jennifer’s Bio: Jennifer Lauren is a recovering trial attorney living near Seattle, Washington. She’s seeking representation for her debut novel, Everything We Did Not Do, which explores the human fallibility behind wrongful conviction: as if Jodi Picoult wrote Presumed Innocent. Ever since she wrote her first masterpiece, The Creature, when she was 5, Jennifer wanted to be a writer. But life...
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If You Craft It, They Will Read

Saturday, June 20, 2020
When I was younger, essays were different than they are now. I remember them as dry, lifeless things. Formulaic. Predictable. Boring. I don’t think it is just a case of me looking at today’s writing through rose-colored glasses. I think in the past many writers lacked imagination… when it came to the organization of the essay. I also know teachers taught them in dull ways. Five paragraph essays...
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