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New Puppy Energy: Unorganized, Exciting, Needs Work LITFRIENDS* We just adopted Wilson; the new puppy energy in the house is both exciting and draining. Even though we know a puppy will be a lot of work, we forget how much. We have trained puppies before, but each puppy is different. Wilson is smart but uncivilized. …
The Magic of Tiny Writing Goals and Consistency LITFRIENDS* One of our subscribers, let’s call her “T”, sent me a brief email. She said she needs motivation to reach her writing goals. I understand, it’s so easy to NOT write. Sir Issac Newton taught us in his first law that “every object will remain at …
LitFriends Newsletter: Your Voice: An Idea or a Living entity? Writers distort the limitations of time. When Bob Seger wrote Like a Rock, he animated the feeling of being a fit teenager on an endorphin-fueled run. I drove to St Louis to see Seger on his farewell tour. His white hair and small shrunken body, …
A Call for Messy Truths… LITFRIENDS Newsletter#3 This is the online version of our newsletter from Jack Walker Press, Amy Lou Jenkins, and FirstPerson Writing Mothers and Fathers and Messy Histories This Mothers and Fathers Day season has me thinking of my roots and family stories. If you’ve ever watched Skip Gates’ Finding Your Roots, …
A Call for Messy Truths… LITFRIENDS Newsletter#3 This is the online version of our newsletter from Jack Walker Press, Amy Lou Jenkins, and FirstPerson Writing Mothers and Fathers and Messy Histories This season of Mother’s and Father’s Day has me thinking of my roots and of family stories. If you’ve ever watched Skip Gates’ Finding …
Sleeping with the Enigma of Poetry, Nonfiction, and More… LITFRIENDS Newsletter#2 This is the online version of our newsletter from Jack Walker Press, Amy Lou Jenkins, and FirstPerson Writing National Poetry Month sparks thoughts of poetry even in a newsletter with a focus on creative nonfiction So, I went to bed thinking about a latent …
Boomshakalaka, Boomshakalaka Here We Go… LITFRIENDS Newsletter#1 This is the online version of our newsletter from Jack Walker Press, Amy Lou Jenkins, and FirstPerson Writing LITFRIENDS*, I’m convinced, more than ever, that this divisive world needs your words and stories. So, I’ve retired from college teaching, and I’m here to support your literature–your words and …
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Amy Lou Jenkins offers five reasons plus a bonus reason to resolve to read at least twelve books in the new year. Learn history and science because facts and analysis shape better thinking. Travel somewhere you can’t physically go and enjoy and meet a world beyond your experience. Experience ideas in verse that express meaning …
New book trailer for ‘Corners; Voices on Change” I’ll be honest here. We had a book trailer created for Corners when it first came out. We never released it because it felt like the wrong tone. The music sounded like an alternate theme to the Mission Impossible movie series. Corners; Voices on Change is about the …