LitFriends: Take a Look at Your Potential LitFriends Community: “Hope is not idle. It asks something of us.” — Rebecca Solnit. As this year closes, I’ve been thinking about the kind of hope that shows up as steady work. Over the last year and a half, I wrote my next memoir. Now begins the long …
Cursive Writing: Why and How Kids, Teens, Adults Should Learn Cursive writing is an essential skill that has been overshadowed in recent years by digital communication. However, learning cursive can enhance your handwriting, improve fine motor skills, and even boost cognitive development. Whether you are a parent looking to teach your child, a teenager wanting …
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 …
We are accepting submissions for both anthologies through the end of 2024. Follow JWP on Facebook for updates. Click Here 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 …
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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 …