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Preditors and Editors poll results

Ihe cover for “Lifelines” by Lin Neiswender won third place in book/ebook cover art in the Preditors & Editors™ Readers’ Poll. Also the Poetic Muselings placed third in poets category. Our anthology, “Lifelines”, placed tenth in anthologies in the anthologies … Continue reading

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Our anthology and us muselings in Preditors and Editors poll

The cover of “Lifeline,” the Poetic Muselings’ anthology, with artwork by Lin Neiswender, has been nominated in the P and E book/ebook cover artwork category. Our cover, our anthology, and us poets are all in the Preditors and Editors poll: … Continue reading

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More: Our Anthology, us, and cover nominated in the Preditors and Editors poll

The cover of “Lifeline,” the Poetic Muselings’ anthology, with artwork by Lin Neiswender, has been nominated in the P and E book/ebook cover artwork category. Check it out, and if you like it, please vote. http://www.critters.org/predpoll/bookart.shtml Poetic Muselings poets http://critters.org/predpoll/poet.shtml … Continue reading

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Poetic Inspiration: Other People’s Poems

Check out my post on the Poetic Muselings blog on being inspired by other people’s poems. Read Mark Wyndham’s poem, and the one I wrote in response.

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Review: Kerri Nelson’s “Courting Demons”

Paisley Barton was already having a bad day before she turned her husband into a rat. First, she was fired by her boss and then came home to find hubby in the shower with a naked blonde chick. They say … Continue reading

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What Happened at the Library

I got to the library around 1 PM, but by that time all the good books were gone. All the books I wanted to read, that is. The new fiction had been picked over, and even the murder mysteries had … Continue reading

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Chuck and Al

“Shut the door.” “But, Chuck, what about the chicken?” “Al, you dummy, kick the chicken out into the yard and shut the door.” “What then?” “Wait until it stops moving, then bring it in to me.” “And after that?” “After … Continue reading

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Chuck’s Chicken

I rolled up to the takeout window at Chuck’s Chicken, Where The Chickens are Still Clucking and stuck my head out the open window, sucking in a large breath of the damp, heavy summer air. “Waddle it be, sweetie?” The … Continue reading

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Guest Post: Alliteration in Literature

Today I’m delighted to host Jennifer (J.R.) Turner on my blog. Award-winning author J.R. Turner lives in Central Wisconsin with her husband and three children. She began writing in high school, and after a decade working as a commercial artist, … Continue reading

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I’m on Debra Eckerling’s blog today

Writeononline Check out my Q and A

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