The first short story in Written Across the Genres, my anthology available on Amazon, is called “Valuable” by Arleen Eagling. Karen, the protagonist is a widow who is in a tool store where she brings “a starter set of six hand-forged chisels of different sizes, each slipped into separate leather pockets they’d lived in for […]
What Did You Start Writing?
When you first started writing, what form did you use–short stories, poetry, memoir, or a novel? In middle school, I chose short stories and I still like to write them. Next I wrote a few novels, and then poetry. In the afternoon writing class I teach, we are writing a Haiku twice a month based […]
Story Ideas Come and Could Go
Katherine Mansfield, a prominent modernist writer of short fiction, wrote, “It’s always a kind of race to get in as much as one can before it disappears.” She was referring to a story idea that arrives and needs to be written down. It’s best not to think about it too much. Writing allows things to […]
Congratulations
Celebrating the high school students who win awards in the Tri-Valley Writers Club’s short story contest. Also, Congratulations to the writers whose entries were included in Las Positas College’s anthology this year.
Awards Weekend
Saturday, we, the Tri-Valley Writers Club, will be handing out awards to the winners of our high school students’ writing contest. I was on the short story committee and we selected first, second, and third winners. Sunday, I’m invited to join the writers whose stories were selected to be in Las Positas College’s annual anthology. […]
Las Positas College Anthology Acceptance
Las Positas College accepted my short story, “”George W. Did It”, for their 2013 anthology. I submitted a photo too but they will announce artwork and photos later. The photo is of Grace Cathedral’s Ribbon Project.
Flannery O’Connor Quote
“The truth is not distorted here, but rather a certain distortion is used to get at the truth.” Flannery O’Connor. I discovered Flannery O’Connor in a college English class and became an instant fan of short stories because of her work.