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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Bullies & Books
This short video of Rep. AOC talking to middle grade school kids inspired this story about bullying. Bullying
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Bullies & Books
I remember every single kid who bullied me in grade school.
There were a few. I was rather sickly in ...
Fiction’s Roots Found in Facts, SweetSpot: Now and Then
Fiction Roots Found in Fact, SweetSpot: Now and Then
Not every novel is rooted in an author's reality.
But for this author, my storytelling has to speak to some value/issue/norm I want to explore in long storytelling form. In the case of ...
SweetSpot: Now and Then Channeling Ray Bradbury
SweetSpot: Now and Then Channeling Ray Bradbury
If you want to write, you must write every single day of your life. You must read dreadful dumb books & glorious books. You must lurk in libraries & climb the stacks like ladders ...
SweetSpot: Now and Then, Pre-Order Available
SweetSpot: Now and Then, Pre-Order Available
Darlene Robinson grew up working poor, her people uneducated. Married right out of high school, she and her newly wedded husband had dreams, big enough to take them away from Little Rock, Arkansas to California. ...
Authors, ‘Ain’t Gonna Lie’ Book Promotion is a Grind
Writers,
I've been promoting this story in several ways for what seems like FOREVER!
I won't lie, promotion is a grind. I've needed to find ways to make it less so and since I love video, film, documentaries, et al, I've incorporated ...
Other Writerly Nuggets and Post-SCWC Conference Notes
Other Writerly Nuggets and Post-SCWC Conference Notes
Announcing this writer's labor of love is about to be born.
SweetSpot: Now and Then is available for Pre-Order, links below. The official date of publication, which frankly feels like giving birth, is 3/21/25. Shortly, ...
Authors Helping Authors; Mutual Promotion Society
Authors Helping Authors; Mutual Promotion Society
As I ready my own novel for publication, I continue my long standing support of authors preparing their own works for publication and/or promoting their works out here in the cyber community at large. I've ...
SweetSpot Now and Then Promotion Includes Fannie Flagg’s ‘Success’ Story
SweetSpot: Now and Then, Promotion Includes Fannie Flagg's Success
Like my protagonist in SweetSpot: Now and Then, noted author Fannie Flagg didn't start out as a writer. Some may remember her as an actress and game show sidekick. But like my ...
Cooking For Kamala: America’s Celebrated Chefs Stand Behind Kamala & Tim
Cooking For Kamala: America's Celebrated Chefs Stand Behind Kamala & Tim
In a recent ZOOM, dozens of America's premiere chefs, restaurateurs and food writers gathered in their kitchens across this country to stand in solidarity with two Americans who value food ...
@Writersmama Zoom Workshops Expand & SCWC 2021 Update
Fall, 2021
Dear Subscribers,
I launched WritersMama ZOOM Read & Critique Workshop on April 3rd, 2020. Sixteen months later, this group still meets twice/week. Three of our writers are reading novel #2 while pitching their first novels, read/critiqued by us, to agents ...