Editor’s Note: We’re currently reading James Hagerty’s book Yours Truly: An Obituary Writer’s Guide to Telling Your Story, and it made us recall an excellent (and very funny) post on this same subject by WAG’s very own Connie Morrison. Reprinted here, with the author’s permission, is her post from … Read More
Night had fallen long since, the lights extinguished in the neighbors’ houses. Corelli’s Opus 6 concerti grossi played quietly on my CD player, and the dogs snored behind my chair. I, however, slumped in front of my computer screen, forcing my tired eyes to focus on a short story. … Read More
We were so looking forward to a horror-infused story about the black cloud of ectoplasm that appears to be haunting this poor woman. (Who you gonna call? I ain’t afraid of no ghosts.) Alas, we will tuck this photo back into the blank journal from which it came, and … Read More
WAG wants to entice you—yes, YOU—to throw off your beach towel and wade into the refreshing pool that is the Hogtowne Quill. To that end, we are introducing three new dedicated blog topics and expanding a fourth. These are: Humor (500-1,000 words) Do you have any writing or grammar pet … Read More