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Celebrate International Peace Day every day: “Peace Comes Walking” (Poem by Bette A. Stevens)
Originally posted on Bette A. Stevens, Maine Author: The United Nations’ (UN) International Day of Peace (World Peace Day) is celebrated on September 21 each year to recognize the efforts of those who have worked hard to end conflict and promote peace. I believe that the power to promote world peace lies within each of us.…
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Book Talk 9/21/18
Book Talk: What I’m Reading 9/21/18 Traci Kenworth I’m reading Nora Robert’s Book 3 of the Cousin O’Dwyer series: Blood Magick, Stephen King’s The Outsider, Laini Taylor’s Days of Blood & Starlight, Leigh Bardugo’s Ruin and Rising, Grace Draven’s Phoenix Unbound, Debra M. Coty’s Too Blessed to be Stressed for Moms, Grace Bonney’s In…
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French On English: A Guide To Writing Better Essays by Charles F. French–Part of the Lehigh University Celebration of Authors
Originally posted on charles french words reading and writing: I was honored to have been included in a lovely event this week: Harvest of Ideas: A Celebration of Lehigh Authors reception hosted by the Friends of the Lehigh University Libraries. This was an annual recognition of Lehigh University faculty, including adjunct faculty, who have had…
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Talk Like a Pirate Day
Originally posted on Entertaining Stories: I just realized today is Talk Like a Pirate Day. I love this, and wondered what I could do about it on my blog. Writing out an entire post in “Pirate” probably isn’t going to impress anyone, so I’ll spare you that. Truth is, I have a pirate tie in.…
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What makes a winner? Lessons from judging a writing competition
Originally posted on Nail Your Novel: You might remember an exciting post here in the last days of 2017 – the Triskele Big Five mentoring competition. Triskele is a publishing house owned by five authors (various posts about them here) – and in the months since that announcement they have been hunting for an unpublished…