Long and Short Reviews (LASR) does terrific work supporting authors of all kinds, and giving readers a place to go to learn about new books. So I'm quite pleased to help them celebrate their anniversary this week, in a virtual bash filled with prizes and fun galore. They asked authors to share thoughts on the … Continue reading LASR Anniversary Bash – Let Summer Be Different
Without literacy…
The good people at Grammarly offered a chance to participate in fundraising for literacy. As a result of this post, Grammarly will make a donation to Reading is Fundamental. The only thing I have to do is write a piece on the importance of literacy. Easy-peasy. Except my first few attempts resulted in seriously boring … Continue reading Without literacy…
A Rough Fairy Tale: Thursday Redux on Rita Bay’s Blog
Long-time and thorough readers of Point No Point might recognize my contribution to the talented, lovely, and generous Rita Bay's new blog feature, Thursday Redux. She invites authors to recycle favorite posts from the past. Mine is from early 2011, following a writing class I took at the amazing Richard Hugo House in Seattle. The workshop … Continue reading A Rough Fairy Tale: Thursday Redux on Rita Bay’s Blog
Long and Short Reviews Anniversary Bash – Teaser
The good folks at Long and Short Reviews (LASR) are solid supporters of authors and readers, so I'm especially pleased to participate in their anniversary party. Coming up on August 25, they'll be giving away all kinds of fun stuff, including grand prizes of $100 Amazon or Barnes & Noble gift cards. Add in gift … Continue reading Long and Short Reviews Anniversary Bash – Teaser
Lucky 13: A good luck story from Carol McPhee
This month I welcome award-winning author Carol McPhee to our Lucky 13 series. Carol is published with Wings ePress and Champagne Books. Her home is in Nova Scotia, Canada, where she lives with her husband of fifty-two years. Since their four children are grown and flown, Carol has plenty of time to let her imagination soar into stories of love and … Continue reading Lucky 13: A good luck story from Carol McPhee
Summertime: On The Writers Vineyard
A few morsels of thought on weddings, road trips, fires, sunsets, and the images they provide to help tell the stories we hold inside in my contribution to The Writers Vineyard. It's August, time for all those wonderful long sunny weekends filled with picnics, gatherings, weddings, parties, camping, road trips, time outdoors. Sunshine and fresh … Continue reading Summertime: On The Writers Vineyard
One book, one day: Index Arts Festival
There are lots of ways to measure success, I guess. You could look at number of books sold, royalties paid, hits on a website, comments on a blog. I love and welcome all those things. My favorite, the one that brings true delight, is connecting with readers and writers. In other words, humans. By that … Continue reading One book, one day: Index Arts Festival
Live Reading: Index Arts Festival
This Saturday, August 2, I'll join the poets, musicians, and artists celebrating all things creative at the Index Arts Festival in the tiny town of Index, Washington. There will be live music, readings, an open mic, and art, art, art, art, art. I'll be one of the featured participants in the spoken word program, which runs … Continue reading Live Reading: Index Arts Festival
The Courage to Be Myself: Real-Life Lessons from Fiction by Olga Godim
This month's Fictional Lesson for an All-Too-Real Life is from Olga Godim, a freelance journalist from Vancouver, Canada. Her passion is fantasy fiction. Olga's short fantasy stories have appeared in multiple internet and print magazines, and her high fantasy novels Almost Adept and Eagle en Garde were published recently by Champagne/Burst Books. As an indie writer, … Continue reading The Courage to Be Myself: Real-Life Lessons from Fiction by Olga Godim
We All Do Our Part
I always knew you readers were a generous bunch. In your honor, I've matched my share of proceeds from book sales at the PNWA conference last weekend, and what will come from sales of An Alien's Guide to World Domination at Jerrol's (still time to buy your copy!), and made a donation to the North Cascades … Continue reading We All Do Our Part
Elizabeth Fountain, Author 