The author, a successful writer with many published works, offers advice on publishing. Recommended tools include Submission Grinder, a free service that lists potential publishing opportunities, and Submittable, a platform popular with publishers, which simplifies the submission process and includes a tracking feature. Other resources include regular email updates from a specific website, Trish Hopkinson's website for poets, and Facebook groups.
There is something in our current society where we have to be angry at someone.
I live in a city with 3 drawbridges. During the summer, the traffic is often stopped while the big boats go under the bridges. It just seems odd that we have to wait for those people that hare rich enough to own big boats. They are recreating, while some of us are going to and … Continue reading Politics are a Drawbridge
The fact that those watch for motorcycles ads work on me is great. But after those adds about just running your dishwasher even for like one dish troubles me? We don't run the dishwasher daily. But should we run it before washing misc. dishes by hand?
At open mics, we share histories. We have experienced something so significant that we had to recorded it on paper or computer screen. And to do more than just express it, we needed to spend more time with it and use the exact right words to do it justice. Sometimes we wrap our message in … Continue reading Open mic
It occurred to me that dogs do not know they are dogs. They have things they are familiar with and things they are not familiar with. What I mean is dogs don't category themselves as dogs. Though I did just look at an article and I guess they do recognize that other dogs are similar … Continue reading Random Thought
I went to a presentation by Michael Perry at the Lakefly Writers Conference. Entertaining as always. And informative: Here are my takaways (as written in my notes app). The only power a writer has over a reader is trust You have to make sure you have no false notes - mistakes that pull the reader … Continue reading Takeaways from a Great Author
It’s like that meme, don’t teach girls how to defend themselves, teach men to keep their hands to their selves. How do we do that?
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The goal of this blog is to create a long list of facts that are important, not trivia, and that are known to be true yet are either disputed by large segments of the public or highly surprising or misunderstood by many.
Elevate the moment with Art, Fire, and Flavor.
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This blog feature amusing and heartwarming stories about our late Leonberger dog Bronco, as well as other Leonbergers. It also has a lot of information about the Leonberger breed, the history, care, training, Leonberger organizations, etc. I also wrote a Leonberger book, which I am featuring in the sidebar.
Living life with dissociative identity disorder and complex ptsd
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“Ruffled feathers and endless squawking over a minor difficulty is typical of a crow’s life. I lean back on the counter and realize that could be my line….”
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