Liebster Blog Award
I recently was delighted to receive a message that my blog had been honored with a nomination for the Liebster Award from Sharla Shults @Catnipoflife . Sharla is an educator who writes poetry that...
View ArticleBeautiful Blogger Award
A Writer’s Journey has recently been nominated for the Beautiful Blogger Award by Meg Travels. I am very pleased to receive this recognition. It’s good to know that others appreciate the thoughts,...
View ArticleCatching Up with Awards & Interesting Blogs
I fell behind a bit during the last few months of the 2012 as I was selling my condo and moving into a new house. Although I am not completely unpacked and settled, I realize it is now time to return...
View ArticleBackward and Forward
As my writer’s journey continues, I look back on the year that’s passed as well as at my goals for 2013. Last year, I discovered that I enjoy writing fiction more than I ever imagined. It’s fun to see...
View ArticleMy First Interview as an Author
There are many mini-milestones in a writer’s journey. Marion Marchetto was kind enough to move me along to the next one when she recently asked me for an interview. Many thanks, Marion. Author...
View ArticleMartha’s Words
Martha Walton He kept them in a night table drawer—a treasure of poems carefully hand-written in a composition book by his mother fifty years before. One of the poems, “My Boy,” was about him. How it...
View ArticleThose Rainy Days
On a dark, dreary day I am finding myself more focused than usual. Obviously for me, it’s a good time to concentrate on writing something, anything, and to tell my inner critic to step aside. How do...
View Article“Martha’s Words” is Now Available!
I’m happy to announce that the e-book of my grandmother’s poetry, “Martha’s Words,” is now available for sale at Amazon.com. I am sharing with you another one of her poems as I did last year. I...
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