Long Way From Home
Kay Castaneda Hi everyone! Today I thought I’d participate in Tanka Tuesday Challenge. It’s been awhile since I wrote a syllabic poem. Melissa from Mom With A Blog https://melissalemay.wordpress.com/ is host for…
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Winning and Losing Writing Competitions
Revised Originally published May 19, 2022 My favorite poet Emily Dickinson sent her poems to The Atlantic Monthly Magazine in 1862. Editor Thomas Wentworth Higginson promptly rejected them. Emily suffered…
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Winning and Losing Writing Competitions
Originally published May 19, 2022 My favorite poet Emily Dickinson sent her poems to The Atlantic Monthly Magazine in 1862. Editor Thomas Wentworth Higginson promptly rejected them. Emily suffered deeply…
Literary Quotes-Who Said This?
“All you had to do was pull a book from the shelf and open it and suddenly the darkness was not so dark anymore.” Ray Bradbury Born Ray Douglas Bradbury…
The Importance of Setting in a Story
Be A Better Writer I plan to write weekly posts about improving your writing. Using literary devices and knowing the parts of writing such as planning, organization, drafting, revising, editing…
Literary Quotes-Who Said This?
Who Said This? In What Book Can You Find This Quote? Give this quote a glance to see if you have heard it before. The full poem is at the…
Happy New Year!
Hello! I’m Kay Castaneda whom many of you know from writing groups, classes, blogs or social media. I thought it was time to update you about my writing and other…