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Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge, Specific Form, Shadorma, 11/19/24
The author reflects on participating in Tanka Tuesday, exploring the Shadorma poetry form while expressing profound concerns about war, its history, and personal experiences.
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WordCrafter’s “Midnight Garden: Where Dark Tales Grow” Book Blog Tour Day 7
Hello everyone! We are on Day 7 of the WordCrafter Midnight Garden Book Blog Tour. The tour is scheduled with guest posts and readings from contributing authors at every stop. There’s a fun giveaway. If you missed any of the stops on the tour, you can go back to any day on the schedule. Let’s meet the authors and their stories.…
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Woman holding her skirt down while she jumped on 911
Never Forget It is the 23rd anniversary of September 11. Whenever I hear the number 911, I think of that day 23 years ago. 911 is the number to call in an emergency, but I don’t associate those numbers with a phone call. No, I think of turning on the television on that sunny day after I learned what happened.…
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Let’s Go to the Museum Writing Challenge #4
The Homecoming Newell Convers Wyeth (1882-1945) PROPERTY FROM A NEW JERSEY PRIVATE COLLECTION Writing Challenge For this challenge, you will write an original poem, blog post or brief story using a prompt of a painting, sculpture, drawing, photography or art exhibit which I’ll provide each month. You will have a month…
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author interviews, author's life, crime thrillers, Detective novels, the writer's life, WritingBlogs
Val Penny Author Interview The Writer’s Life
The Writer’s Life Today for the series The Writer’s Life, I am featuring an interview of author Val Penny. Val is a writer of crime thriller novels. I am happy she allowed me to interview her on Bookplaces Blog. Welcome, Val! Kay: Tell us about yourself. Where do you live? Where did you grow up and attend school? Val: Hi Kay,…
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Let’s Go to the Museum Writing Challenge #3
Homeless by Thomas Benjamin Kennington 1890 Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria, Australia. Writing Challenge For this challenge, you will write an original poem, blog post or brief story using a prompt of a painting, sculpture, drawing, photography or art exhibit which I’ll provide each month. You will have a month to make a response to the painting. This deadline is flexible.…
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Welcome to the D.I.Y. Author Release Party!
Hello everyone! I’m posting about Kaye Lynne Booth’s new book, The D.I.Y Author. She’s hosting a Release Party on her blog Writing to be Read. It would be wonderful if you’d visit her blog! Thank you. The D.I.Y Author By Kaye Lynne Booth About the BookBeing an author today is more than just writing the book. Authors in this…
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The Invisible Family
Mr. and Mrs. Graham were an odd couple, people said. Not weird, not strange, but odd in the way of that word that doesn’t get used much nowadays. They could be called eccentric. But eccentric people are usually wealthy or important in some way. You would know what I mean if I said, “that eccentric old woman who lives in…
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author interviews, Blog Tours, Book Launch, Characters in Writing, Historical fiction, History, New Books, Strong Women
WordCrafter Book Blog Tour for Sarah: Book 2 Women in the West Adventure Series
Hello everyone, Welcome to Day Three of WordCrafter’s Book Blog Tour for Sarah: Book 2 of the Women of the West Adventure Series. I will be interviewing author Kaye Lynn Booth. She will also give a reading from Chapter 13 of Sarah. Tour Schedule Mon. May 6 – “The Soiled Doves of the American West” – Writing to be Read Tues.…
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author interviews, Blogs About Writing, Book Launch, crime fiction, Detective novels, Historical fiction, New Books, the writer's life, Women's Fiction
Nell Dixon Author Interview The Writer’s Life
The Writer’s Life Nell Dixon Author Interview Today for the series The Writer’s Life, I am featuring an interview of author Nell Dixon. Nell is a writer of historical fiction. I am happy she allowed me to interview her on Bookplaces Blog. Hello Nell, K. Tell us about yourself …. Where do you live? Where did you grow up and…
