It is my pleasure to present to you the first of two Honorable Mention winners from the March 2018 Word Weaver Writing Contest, “Andy” by Laura Holian. This was a strong, well sold story, as you will see. Don’t think somebody gets Honorable Mention as a sympathy vote. They don’t. It’s my way of saying, […]
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Friday FUN Time!
When I was a kid, the a closet in the bedroom I shared with my younger brother always seemed to cast weird shadows. That scared me ALL the time. I was convinced there was some kind of thing in there. Not a monster, really, but… something. One day I may have to write about that. […]
What goes on inside the writerly mind? Let’s sit down with our Word Weaver Writing Contest 4th place winners, Adele Marie Park, Barbara Anne Helberg, and Anne Marie Andrus, and find out. And, no, you don’t have to have Anne or Marie in your name to win. I’m publishing three separate profiles simultaneously today, so be sure […]
What goes on inside the writerly mind? Let’s sit down with our Word Weaver Writing Contest 4th place winners, Adele Marie Park, Barbara Anne Helberg, and Anne Marie Andrus, and find out. And, no, you don’t have to have Anne or Marie in your name to win. I’m posting three profiles simultaneously, but in separate posts, so […]
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Agree or disagree?
Is that the truth or what? You’re exhausted, and then you see another obstacle… The winners summon the strength and press on. The also rans say that’s it. Thoughts?
I was presenting at a writing seminar Saturday and this came up, so I’m reposting it so they can find it easily. This post has become THE standard for creating a text conversation in your story. It was viewed over 22,000 times in 2017 and has been viewed almost 10,000 times already in 2018. It […]
What goes on inside the writerly mind? Let’s sit down with the second of our two Word Weaver Writing Contest 3rd place winners, Heather Kindt, and find out. Heather Kindt grew up in Derry, New Hampshire, but now resides in the mountains of Colorado with her husband and two children. She loves writing YA fantasy […]
your humble host It is my pleasure to present to you the second of two 3rd place winners from the March 2018 Word Weaver Writing Contest, “Dreamers” by Heather Kindt. I liked this story a LOT. Heather has entered our contests a few times and always done well, coming in 1st a little while ago with […]
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Friday FUN Time!
Post your answer in the comments section below – and have fun this weekend!
DAN ALATORRE 