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A Step Up
by Vivian Sheperis After that day I never played with dolls again. It happened in…
Christmas Gift
by Valerie Millar It was Christmas morning slow and relaxed When my four-legged children Sandy…
Audrey’s Musings
by Mary Ellen Johnson “I can only see 2 inches of height from y kitty…
Wonderings at the Beach
By Mary Ellen Johnson Salt licks my faceAs I plunge into the sea,Churning waves race…
Missing You
by Mary Ellen Johnson How can I describe her beauty?It came from within, a life…
A Horse Named Satan
by Valerie Millar It was week six, of a twelve-week course in February 1992 at…
She Did
By Maria Boling Mama sewed my wedding dress. She did. She surely did.So starlight white…
Keeping Readers Hooked
By Hal Blythe and Charlie Sweet The key to creating the unexpected character, setting or…
Sol Stein’s Ten Commandments for Writers
Commandment I. Thou shalt not sprinkle characters into a preconceived plot lest thou produce hackwork….
My Life – Writing Your Life Stories the Easy Way
My Earliest Years Full name? Born in? Parents’ names? What number was I among my…
Class Exercises
Write what you see Find something in your environment that you can look at and…
Letter Writing – The Forgotten Art
by Barbara McCalister as originally published in The Sassafras Literary Exchange Newsletter; vol 1, no 1;…