Is that Next Big Thing blog meme still making the rounds? I sure hope so, because I was tagged weeks ago and I’m just now getting around to joining the fun. Thanks to Paul August (a prolific poet) for mentioning me in his Next Big Thing post. Go take a peek at what’s in his sights, a chapbook …
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Stories at the Table, Beginnings and Endings, and a Prompt
I love how, in continued practice, techniques naturally unfold and lessons slide into place. Stories Last Saturday at our monthly creative writing class, a few core writers and I sat around the table and read our stories based on the previous month’s prompt, After the storm. We followed along the lines of Barbara Hurd’s essay, …
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Author Douglas W. Jacobson on Research for Historical Novels
Douglas W. Jacobson is a fellow Wisconsinite who writes historical fiction. Both of his World War II novels, NIGHT OF FLAMES and THE KATYN ORDER, have received recognition and accolades from state organizations, and his website carries over thirty articles on World War II history (including this one, “The Story of Zegota” about Polish Christians …
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