stories
April 29, 2009
- I've been doing a series of readings of very short stories - no longer than five or six minutes apiece - and posting them on my main website. I have now imported that audio to my Red Room author's page for your enjoyment (assuming you enjoy such things). These are very short stories based on Internet Emoticons - I have (so far) read my stories based on the standard smiley face, the cheesy grin, ...
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April 29, 2009
- This really beautiful song may need a bigger hint. It’s a folk song made popular by the movie O 'Brother Where Art Thou. There were a lot of songs about death on the soundtrack but this story is told from the perspective of a dying child.I often listen to this song during the creative process to bring me closer to death. I recently used it to write a scene where a person was taking care of a ...
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April 25, 2009
- THE SMOKING POET's SECOND ANNUAL SHORT STORY CONTESThttp://thesmokingpoet.net The Smoking Poet is a literary ezine, established in 2006, and published online on a quarterly basis. TSP’s first annual short story contest is open to all writers, whether they have been past contributors to TSP or not, and in any genre. Prizes will be awarded to the top three stories: first prize, $200; second ...
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April 24, 2009
- Patrick "Packy" Mader will begin his spring and summer programs near his roots, at Trista Days on Saturday, May 16. Minnetrista is a city between the towns of Mound and St. Bonifacius and is where the farm is located that Packy lived and worked at for many years. Please come and celebrate rural traditions and meet with Packy and share your own stories!The Heartwarming Stories of the ...
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April 23, 2009
- The first review is in for Caesar's Mercy of Love http://tinyurl.com/PJreview a great review, woot :)Caesar's Mercy of Love, available here http://tinyurl.com/djopfp from Phaze Books. 18 and up only please. :)my book Puca available in print at Amazon http://tinyurl.com/PUCA-Ash 18 and up (you get the idea) For E-Book lovers Puca is also available here http://www.mojocastle.com/penny/ash.html ...
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April 6, 2009
- Word of Mouth Bay Area TOUR EVENTS April 16 Orinda Books On Story and Story Telling Jessica Barksdale Inclan Frances Dinkelspiel Susan Freinkel Michelle Richmond Brenda Webster April 26 Clayton Books Author Festival Jessica Barksdale Inclan Catherine Brady Maria Espinosa May 7 Bookshop West Portal MC: Elizabeth Stark & Joan Gelfand Catherine Brady Dana Fredsti and Cynthia ...
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March 2, 2009
- I hope all you parents are making readers out of your children. When I think back to my own childhood, it's full of books. My Dad was a school principal, and nearly every day after work he'd stop in each of our bedrooms and toss two things on our beds: candy and books. We may all have bad teeth, but we love to read. For two of us, that led to a love of writing as well. In my case, that writing ...
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February 1, 2009
- There is a story that eludes me. I have started it at least five separate times and each time I am forced to abandon it, the plot going nowhere and the characters impossible to capture. I have written many stories in the meantime, some that have turned out well and others that did not. This story, though, seems permanently evasive. No matter how much I want to write it, I continue to come ...
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January 23, 2009
- I love to write: poems, short stories, novels, etc. I remember the first time I wrote my first young adult novel. Actually, it was inpired by Sweet Dreams, if you still remember that. :) I was in 5th grade when I wrote my first two or three novels, I think. Then as I grew older, it progressed into poetry and lyrics. The first ever published poem of mine was in our school ...
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January 18, 2009
- Like many, I believe, who use this venue to express the creativity that seeps from our pores, I hope that someday what I write makes a difference; a positive difference in someone’s life. HG Wells wrote –“If I have made but one person smile, then I am a success”. If it were only that easy. One smile is never enough for a storyteller. History is made up of stories of great things that ...
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