Write Your Memoir With Us This is the summer we begin our memoirs or our next writing project. I’m heading out for a few weeks on a bucket-list trip to Italy. Then a Summer of writing begins. In June, we begin our memoirs using the JUMP method. With homage to the writing process, we learn …
LitFriends Opportunity Alerts, So That Your Story Gets Out Into the World Two New Anthologies to Write for and Two New Courses on their Way LitFriends Newsletter Timothy Ferriss, the American entrepreneur and investor, asks a crucial question: “The question you should be asking isn’t, ‘What do I want?’ or ‘What are my goals?’ but …
Call for Submissions: Voices on the Gift of Aging Jack Walker Press invites writers to submit personal essays for our upcoming anthology, “Voices on the Gift of Aging” (working title). We seek reflections, and insightful and transformative narratives exploring the multifaceted aging journey. We aim to celebrate the richness, wisdom, and unique experiences that come …
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Subscribe: Litfriends Newsletter Rabbit Holes: Are you Subterranean Too? Another Summer LitFriends Newsletter Click Here to go Directly to the quiz LITFRIENDS* I recently read Carson Tate’s “Work Simply” (affiliate link) and discovered I’m a Visualizer. I am a like a distracted bunny jumping down holes until I get a visual big picture of my writing project. …
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 …
Bedtime Book for Little Ones Goodnight Dear One Surround your dear little one with love as you read them to sleep. Goodnight Dear One offers pleasure and love to the little one as they calm and get ready for bed. Reading to little ones is essential not only to the development of literacy, but also as …
Celebrate ‘FRIENDS’ With a .99 Cents Flash Sale Accept the times no one stood with you. Consider the meaning of the memories no one ever speaks of. Navigate the mostly virtual friendships. Thank the teachers and the givers. Say good-by because it’s time or because you have no other choice. Navigate relationships when paths diverge. …