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LitFriends: Memoir and Marcellous of Remarkably Bright Creatures

LitFriends Mini Newsletter The Holidays keep us busy, but we still want to meet our writing goals. This mini LitFriends honors your busy schedule and writing ambitions. 1. EXPLORE OUR NEW ARTICLE (psssst and gift idea) Writing a Memoir: What Remarkably Bright Creatures Can Teach Us About Characters That Engage Readers. Read...

LitFriends Newsletter: By the Light of Your Memoir

LitFriends: What Didn't You Write Today? Click Here to Subscribe Dear LitFriends, I've been underground lately, figuratively speaking - hiding in my cave of blankets and comfort reads, nursing a heart, heavy with current events. Maybe you've been there too. The world has felt a bit too sharp, too loud,...

Litfriends: Discover Why You’re Unbeatable Over AI

Litfriends: Discover Why You're Unbeatable Over Weird AI LitFriends Newsletter from JackWalkerPress.com and AmyLouJenkins.com As narrative nonfiction storytellers in the age of AI,  you've probably encountered moments where AI tools just miss the mark-like the weird picnic image I recently received, featuring a chef with a stethoscope. While artificial intelligence...

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Book Review Summary: ‘Braiding Sweetgrass’

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Book review of ‘Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel’

Book Review of 'Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel' by Carl Safina Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel, by Carl Safina, Henry Holt Co., 2015, 480 p. Many scholars from those enrolled in Middle School General Science to PhD professors have been exposed to and likely held the standard that prohibits...

Book review ‘The Genius of Birds’ by Ackerman

Book review 'The Genius of Birds' by Ackerman Prepare to be annoying. Have you ever experienced a friend or family member who kept looking up over a book with did-you-know facts?  I was that person when I read the first chapter of Michael Pollan's the Botany of Desire. I had...

Swimming with V.S. Naipaul in ‘An Area of Darkness’

An Area of Darkness  I took V.S. Naipaul to the lake with me. I sat in a lawn chair with my feet in the water. The August day was warm, but I had a cool bottle of water and some cherries, cold and hard from the...

Latest Dispatches From AL For Writers

LitFriends Newsletter: By the Light of Your Memoir

LitFriends: What Didn't You Write Today? Click Here to Subscribe Dear LitFriends, I've been underground lately, figuratively speaking - hiding in my cave of blankets and comfort reads, nursing a heart, heavy with current events. Maybe you've been there too. The world has felt a bit too sharp, too loud,...

Litfriends: Discover Why You’re Unbeatable Over AI

Litfriends: Discover Why You're Unbeatable Over Weird AI LitFriends Newsletter from JackWalkerPress.com and AmyLouJenkins.com As narrative nonfiction storytellers in the age of AI,  you've probably encountered moments where AI tools just miss the mark-like the weird picnic image I recently received, featuring a chef with a stethoscope. While artificial intelligence...

LitFriends: It Was The Best Of Times

LitFriends: It Was The Best Of Times, It Was The Time To Write. From JackWalkerPress.com and AmyLouJenkins.com In this edition: New articles for craft and inspiration. Writer news (add your news for the next edition). Calls for Submission Hello LitFriends, Welcome new subscribers and thank you for being part of...