Hello!Where do you find what to read next? Perhaps, a cover jumps out at you from a book store. Maybe you have a friend who always provides the best recommendations. You might read widely across many genres, or maybe you have a few time-tested favorite authors that you return to repeatedly. To the left, you’ll…
Hello! Historical fiction as a genre tells the story of characters in the past with some level of genuine experience. That is, there is supposed to be a level of believability and realism. This definition is rather broad, though, and often encompasses other stylistic literary devices such as mystery, suspense, or adventure as well. The…
Hello! On this day in 1870, the fifteenth amendment for the United States Constitution was ratified. Its significance is that all American men, regardless of race, were entitled to vote. There are three important things to consider.1) The Civil War had already ended five years before, when many assume that this right emerged. That testifies…
Hello! Today’s post is all about the Twitter alphabet soup of hashtags that helps writers. Contests: #pitmad – This is a contest on Twitter, held on certain appointed days, where writers can pitch their story idea to agents or editors that are watching the Twitter feed. #pitchmas – This is a contest on Twitter, that…
Today is a day when a yearning for freedom, embodied in the work of a man, is commemorated. Freedom, exercised through peaceful means, rallied those in Washington and across the nation in 1963. Just as Martin Luther King Jr. spoke of freedom ringing from the great peaks of the American mountains, his voice and his…
Hello! Last Monday, I introduced my new website. Today, I’d like to introduce my new pinterest. People use pinterest for all sorts of things. To me, pinterest is like a giant collection of magazines and the pictures that you clip out are then stored on bulletin boards.The areas that I’ve chosen to represent (so far…
Hello! As 2014 approaches, I thought I’d take a look back at the books I’ve read this year. Thanks, Goodreads, for the email alerting me to this to give me the idea! This is a partial listing, as I joined Goodreads only in June. So, here are some of the books I’ve read this year….
Each year I write a Christmas poem. I was requested to read this year’s poem at a carol and lesson service yesterday. Today, I am sharing it with you. Watching for the Christmas Star By: Megan Easley-Walsh Christmas 2013 Will you watch for the Christmas star?Will you remember that it’s not so far? From the…