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Weekly Writing: Health

Write about your health (or that of one of your characters). What would you like to change, if anything? And what is there to celebrate?

Weekly Writing: Frogs

Write about frogs.

(This is meant not to be simple but rather to be broad: Write about whatever comes to mind when you think of frogs, from their colors to their sounds to your perception of them. Think of the frogs you hear in your garden to those really funky ones in the Amazon. Have fun with it.)

 

Happy Short Story Month!

As many of you know, May is Short Story Month!

To celebrate, the Kindle edition of Forgetting English will be only 99 cents for the entire month of May.

I’m also offering a giveaway of the print edition of Forgetting English, a beautiful, expanded edition from Press 53. To be entered to win a copy, simply contact me with your favorite travel destination (whether it’s someplace you’ve been or someplace you’ve always wanted to go), and I’ll enter you in the giveaway. A winner will be chosen in early June. (Please note that I can’t ship overseas, so the giveaway is limited to U.S. readers.)

For all of you who enjoy reading individual short stories, a few stories from Forgetting English are always available on e-readers. On the Kindle, you’ll find Never Turn Your Back on the Ocean, The Ecstatic Cry, Translation Memory, and Beyond the Kopjes.

On the Nook, you can read Translation Memory, The Ecstatic Cry, and Beyond the Kopjes.

And, finally, you can also find Translation Memory,  The Ecstatic Cry, and Beyond the Kopjes  in the Apple iBookstore.

A few other celebrations are taking place for Short Story Month …

Visit Press 53 and check out the special Kindle discounts on short story collections — and join Press 53 on Facebook for more special offers and giveaways.

Dan Wickett, founder of the Emerging Writers Network and creator of Short Story Month, has a lot of story news on his EWN blog.

Visit the Short Story Month website for stories, news, and resources.

Jean Ryan’s new collection, Survival Skills, is hot off the presses from Ashland Creek Press — click here to get yourself a copy.

Happy Short Story Month — and happy reading!

Weekly Writing: Falling

This one is all about falling: Write about a fallen tree. Write about the first time you remember falling. Write about a recent fall or stumble. Write about a time you witnessed someone falling. And keep writing…

Springtime writing

For all of you who may have missed my spring newsletter, click here to read it online. And click here if you’d like to subscribe.

You’ll find out about upcoming events, a few great resources for writers, calls for submissions, and have a new writing tip and prompt to keep your writing going.

Happy spring!

 

Weekly Writing: Bugs

Happy Earth Day!

Today is a day to celebrate all the glorious things about Earth, from beaches to forests to all its magnificent creatures. And, today of all days, why not celebrate those creatures that don’t get quite enough love the rest of the year?

Write about your favorite insect. And why.

Meanwhile, as you celebrate Earth Day, visit Ashland Creek Press to get a free eco-fiction sampler and to be entered in an ec0-literature book giveaway.

And if you’re a reader as well as environmentalist, check out the online community EcoLit Books, where you’ll find articles, book reviews, author interviews, and resources for those who love the planet as much as they love books.

Weekly Writing: Lists

Write a list — whether a grocery list, a to-do list, or a bucket list.

Weekly Writing: Our elders

Write about the oldest and wisest person you know. Then write about something you learned from this person, whether it was a simple tip or a profound, life-changing lesson in life.

Weekly Writing: Going home

Write about the last time you visited your hometown. What’s different, and what’s the same?

If you still live in the place where you grew up, write about the way things were five years ago.

Weekly Writing: Streetlamps

Write about a streetlamp in your neighborhood. Then, describe (or create) a scene that takes place under it.