Keep Moving
Ashley Bryan Saturday afternoon reminded me of something very important that all of us artists must do.Bryan is author, poet and illustrator of dozens of award-winning books that include African folk tales, collections of...
Read MoreAuthor: Eleanora E. Tate
Time Out for a Short Story
In search of quality short stories, I recently revisited Cricket Magazine, part of the 14-member Cricket Magazine Group of literary and nonfiction magazines for children and young adults. Cricket’s target reading level is for...
Read MoreMusic to Write By?
Back in my green salad ranting and raving poetry and short story days I wrote profuselywhile:The Four Tops, James Brown, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Janis Joplin, Phoebe Snow, Phyllis Hyman, Michael White, Pharoah Sanders, Don...
Read MoreNot Help; Just a Favor
Alicia’s “preaching” post reminds me of the recent email I received from a 31-year-old South Carolina man. He thanked me for writing The Secret of Gumbo Grove. He’d read it when he was 15 years old, the first book he’d ever...
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