Writers’ Responsibility

Are you a writer? A storyteller? Congratulations. You have an incredible power. And responsibility. Neuroscientists today say that storytelling has given our species an ability more important even than opposable thumbs. Our empathy makes it possible for us to learn from hearing of another’s experience. Someone we care about is hit; we … Read More

Calling All WAG Members! Bacopa Literary Review Contest Submissions

Bacopa Literary Review This year’s Bacopa Literary Review contest submissions will be open until May 31, 2018, with a $250 prize in each of four genres: Short Story, Creative Nonfiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry. Every author published will also receive $25. The $3 submission fee is waived for WAG members’ first submission. We’re looking for … Read More

Discovering Stories on the Back Roads

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Do you need ideas for stories? Venture out of your comfort zone. Traveling on the back roads, I’ve found a wealth of stories begging to be told. My life changed in August, 1999, on my way home from a family reunion in Arkansas. Interstate 20 was under construction. Everywhere. After … Read More

Can You Hear Me Now?

  Still deep in the editing stage of my memoir, I wonder how much advice to take and what to shrug off. Fortune smiled my way when I decided to become a WAG member in January of 2013. Then smiled even brighter when I immediately connected with a critique pod. … Read More

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