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March 23, 2018
Friday Story Bazaar ~ Tale Eighty-Three
When the Kids Take Over . . .
by
Alexander M Zoltai
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Mary and June sat in the Commons Room watching the big-screen TV.
They were absorbing the coverage of the March for Our Lives in Washington.
Mary looked over at June and said: “I do not believe how brave those kids are; I mean, it was only about a month ago they were being traumatized in their school…”
“Ya know, they’re not all that much younger than us…”
“Yeah, but I think the years between 17 and 21 are longer than other years.”
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March 22, 2018
Of Writing, Biscuits, and Gratitude
Some real fine writing in today’s re-blog — Ponderable…
By Lynn G. Carlson
The resident dog at my vet’s office is named Beulah and she is clearly senile. Her black-lab muzzle is grizzled and her eyes are opaque gray.
She stands in the center of the waiting area on unsteady legs and makes eye contact with me, then moves her eyes to a blue ceramic jar on the counter marked Biscuits. Then she looks back at me.
When I look over at the jar, and back at Beulah, it sets her...
March 21, 2018
The Conversation Continues ~ the Issues with Traditional Publishing . . .
Recently, our Conversation here has had a focus on Publishing, in the post on March 14th—The Conversation Is Still Fizzling . . .—and the post on March 19th—Back to Our Conversations ~ What the Heck Is Privishing?… [image error]
And, a regular reader (and poet) had this comment on the post of the 19th:
“Does it ever make sense for a book publishing company to suppress a book, not to mention that it is contrary to their very reason for existence? It speaks to the arrogance of such companies and individual...
March 20, 2018
The Writing-from-Home Conundrum
I visit a virtual world—Kitely—created by an author, visited by other writers and artists, to balance my extreme Writing-from-Home existence…
Though, my Living comes from a pension—not sure I could do what today’s re-blog author is doing…
By Jennifer Lang
On the outside, especially to my friends who commute to an office, I have an ideal set-up. I plop my butt on a chair in the office adjacent to my bedroom and simply write. And write. And write some more. The house i...
March 19, 2018
Back to Our Conversations ~ What the Heck Is Privishing?
[image error] The Monday/Wednesday Conversations idled for a bit; but last Wednesday’s post, The Conversation Is Still Fizzling . . ., got things going again.
My part of the Conversation was about the two most common ways to publish—Traditional and Self-Publishing.
A regular reader picked up on a particular term used in one of the excerpts; and, this particular reader is a traditionally published author:
“I am astonished to read the word ‘privishing’. I have never heard of it before but I do believe I ha...
March 18, 2018
Authors’ Advice for a Better Writing Life: Read Widely by Marci Glaus
I suggest you take the link to the original post because the author says: “In the span of just a couple of minutes, these authors emphasize so many wonderful things we celebrate as readers and writers.”
And, do take all the links in that original post so you can see these authors talking :-)
In an attempt to capture the recursive, complex, messy process we call writing, I started asking authors from my state to do something extremely awkward. I asked them to allow me, and some...
March 17, 2018
Sharing the Wealth by Sarah Haywood
Honoring her parents and helping kids read — the double goal of today’s re-blog author :-)
Although I had absolutely no idea at the time, I know now that I grew up in a house of privilege. We were not “rich” by any means, but we had an entire wall in the family room with bookshelves filled and overflowing. Both of my parents were avid readers and learners, and there’s no doubt that had a tremendous impact on both my sister and me.
Several years ago I was looking for a unique w...
March 16, 2018
Friday Story Bazaar ~ Tale Eighty-Two
Falsehood and Truth
by
Alexander M Zoltai
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Joe and Matt took up their positions at their favorite table in the cafe—both authors; yet, very different in their approach to promotion of their work.
They fired up their laptops and began the routine of sharing their latest findings…
“Matt, did you see the article about Twitter and false stories?”
“Was it about how Twitter is a totally false form of communication and useless for an author?”
“No…”
“So, what did it say?”
“That falsehood spr...
March 15, 2018
Treading Uncomfortably in Social Media
Today’s re-blog could be seen as a “Prelude” to tomorrow’s Story Bazaar Tale………
By Jennifer Lang
In fall of 2006, Facebook made its debut appearance, available to anyone with an email address over the age of 13. The following year, my 14-year-old son joined and helped me create a profile so I could monitor him. But I just wasn’t into it, and he didn’t need me there. “Why do you want all these people you barely know to see this post?” I asked him on more than one occa...
March 14, 2018
The Conversation Is Still Fizzling . . .
[image error] I have to consult myself, instead of the comments in the last Conversation post because there were no comments…
I’m going to say the reason for no comments is that folks are way too busy dealing with a world falling apart…
Or, they’re making so many efforts to work on reinforcing some part of the world…
It’s somewhat like seeing all the things wrong with Traditional publishing but, for some reason, not being able to Self-publish…
In case you’re new here and don’t know the difference between...
