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October 19, 2012
Finding George: One Teacher’s Profound Effect on Me
This story begins back in 1992, as I was finishing up my master’s in professional writing at Towson University. I decided to take Writing Short Fiction as my final class—an elective of sorts—in the Professional Writing program. I had selected the public relations track, so this class was taken for fun. I had taken Creative [...]
October 18, 2012
Words & Wine
Tomorrow, the Catonsville Library will host its annual event, Words & Wine. More than 20 authors will be in attendance sharing their work and talking with folks. Former Maryland Governor Bob Ehrlich has just been added, and will be signing his new book. Catering is provided by The Wine Bin in historic Ellicott City. I’m [...]
October 15, 2012
“Do You Like Being An Author?” she asked.
* * * I was sitting in the Author’s Tent at the Baltimore Book Festival a couple of weeks ago when a young lady and her friend came up to my table. They couldn’t have been more than 12 or 13. I had bookmarks and candies as giveaways on my table, along with a stack [...]
October 12, 2012
Fiction Friday: In the Halloween Spirit with a Short Story called “BROOM”
This freewrite turned into a pretty cute short story. I read it to my kids and they loved it. I hope you’ll share it with someone this Halloween season. It’s fun to read it out loud. BROOM by Stephanie Verni “I want you to go outside right now and sweep the front walk and driveway!” [...]
October 10, 2012
The Top 10 Ways To Earn Your SuperMom Wings
This morning I woke up with a sore throat and lots of disgusting congestion. I typically get one serious cold when the weather changes, so I suppose this is it. As I stirred in my bed, not wanting to get up and make the donuts today, I thought about how moms really don’t get a [...]
October 8, 2012
The Mistake I Made
Reblogged from steph's scribe: Audrey Hepburn and the Mouth of Truth: Roman Holiday I made the mistake of showing “Roman Holiday” this week to my feature writing class. Now I’m in trouble. It’s not because it’s not an appropriate film to show students before they read Taras Grecoe’s super creative travel piece by the same [...]
October 7, 2012
Revenge
With all due respect to Yankees fans, people like my cousin Chrysti, Louis, my Jersey relatives and my husband’s relatives, my kid-sitter Lauren, and my former counterpart at the Yankees who’s still a fan, Gregg Mazzola, it’s time. Time for revenge. As a front office employee during the 1996 ALCS, I sat and cried when [...]
October 4, 2012
Fiction Friday: Back from the Dead
So, I’m doing a little fiction writing. I’m working on my second novel, but every once in a while I take a break to write a short piece. Writer Peter Elbow encourages freewriting, as do I. It’s the kind of writing you do when you just sit at a computer or with paper in hand [...]
October 3, 2012
Readers Favorite Announces Winners: The Official Press Release
Today, Readers Favorite made it all official with its announcement in press release form of the 2012 contest winners. In the category of Romance-Contemporary, I earned a Bronze award. As such, I’ll be going to Miami in November for the awards ceremony. It also coincides with the Miami Book Festival. I’m pretty excited about the [...]
September 30, 2012
PhotoScrapbook From The Baltimore Book Festival
If you couldn’t make it to this year’s Baltimore Book Festival, you missed out. What a great day it was! I got to connect with friends, both old and new. There were books, food, demonstrations, live music, a kids area, book talks, and so much more. The weather held out for us until about 5:45 [...]
