In a couple of hours I'll meet up with a group of other book lovers from my town to give away free books as part of the World Book Night event. Thanks to our wonderful organizer, we have several locations around this community to visit today: our senior center, food bank, student union building at … Continue reading It’s World Book Night!
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A tax day wish
I wish for all my tax dollars to be dedicated to eliminating violence and nurturing peace. In honor of those harmed by the terrible events at the Boston Marathon today; and by that I mean, all of us. When anyone suffers violence, we are all damaged.
Local Writer Profile Series – hey, that’s me!
Many thanks to Leita A. Crossfield of Write on the River, Wenatchee Washington's own annual spring writing conference, for this interview in the Wenatchee World newspaper. I lived in Wenatchee when I was A LOT younger. It's cool to be in my "hometown" paper. Read it... and find out my age, among other tidbits!
Heaven: A taste
Monday, March 25, is the last free download day for Shared Whispers on Amazon.com (Amazon Prime members can download for free anytime!). Shared Whispers is an anthology of romantic fiction from a great group of sixteen outstanding authors, including M. W. Davis, Helen Henderson, January Bain, Ute Carbone, Linda Rettstatt, Dani Collins, Rita Bay, and … Continue reading Heaven: A taste
Heaven, in a romance anthology
Along with contributions from a group of terrific and award-winning authors, my short story "Heaven" is featured in the "Shared Whispers" anthology, released today. You can download it for your Kindle on Amazon (it's free now if you have Amazon Prime; and it will be free for all readers on January 11, January 26, February … Continue reading Heaven, in a romance anthology
The Law of Immediate Forgiveness – NaNo is on!
Here are the opening paragraphs from this year's NaNoWriMo novel, The Law of Immediate Forgiveness. Read more on the page that will be dedicated to it all month! One Sunday evening, at exactly eight – sixteen pm, Amy June Pilgrim made a decision. It was a decision she’d made at least twenty-three times before, but … Continue reading The Law of Immediate Forgiveness – NaNo is on!
Champagne Books’ Reader Celebration Continues – Watch this space!
Just a reminder that the month-long celebration of readers continues at Champagne Books. Watch this space: On October 29, I'll publish a post that includes a word in the word-find contest. Click the link below to discover what you can win. Contests are fun, but the main point is appreciating readers. Readers co-create the worlds … Continue reading Champagne Books’ Reader Celebration Continues – Watch this space!
Belonging
My contribution this week to the Writers Vineyard, the blog where Champagne authors talk about the experience, joys, sorrows, fears, and endless new discoveries of writing. It starts with a fear - the fear that I'm really only writing one story, over and over again, just in different guises. *** Sometimes I worry that everything … Continue reading Belonging
Be Independent
It is the Fourth of July. What sort of independence are you celebrating today? Forget politics and nation-founding. Try finding your independence from fear, doubt, shame, worry, anger, self-medication, boredom. Imagine your independence from judgment and cynicism. Picture a world independent of violence and conflict. Be independent of all that; celebrate your dependence on love, sunshine, … Continue reading Be Independent
Commencement 2012
This week's Project Create, inspired by graduating students everywhere. This is the moment. Standing at the entrance to an upper-level aisle, gazing down on the Key Arena floor, where everything is set up for the commencement ceremony that will start in about two hours. No one’s seated yet, the staff’s still working last-minute details while … Continue reading Commencement 2012
Elizabeth Fountain, Author 