How did Toni Morrison influence your life? At this time in my life as I’ve allowed myself to fall in love again, I would say her words on love touch my soul in profound ways. Every great author and some who never achieve world-wide acclaim has affected our lives in a multitude of ways. Toni Morrison’s … Continue reading How to be unforgettable
“Meet me at the door naked.”
I'm not the first person to be told I'm dying, or to get my affairs in order, or at most I have six months to live. But there's something about my story that is resonating with readers. And one person tells another, and another, and buys a book for a friend or a family … Continue reading “Meet me at the door naked.”
Is your inner voice out of control?
I write the story in combination with a voice that I don’t want to control. Sometimes the words that flow out of my stories shock me, make me smile, and even make me cry. That’s why I have to write. I think in story form. I see mystery and plots in everything. My inner life … Continue reading Is your inner voice out of control?
Welcome #RWISA Author Marcha Fox
Your Wildest Dreams I inhaled sharply when I recognized the introductory riff wafting from my favorite 80s station as Your Wildest Dreams by the Moody Blues. Even though I had the original 45 RPM record, the album on cassette tape, and more recently, the CD, I kept them safely locked away so I wouldn't … Continue reading Welcome #RWISA Author Marcha Fox
Welcome #RWISA Author Jan Sikes
R-E-S-P-E-C-T By Jan Sikes Henry Jacobsen ran gnarled fingers through 84 years of living and swatted at a fly that buzzed around his head. The sun warmed his old bones and he turned to face his longtime friend. “You know, Aaron, what the world needs now, is for people to show a … Continue reading Welcome #RWISA Author Jan Sikes
Welcome #RWISA Author Beem Weeks
Wordless “What’s that word say?” “That’s an easy one, Daddy. Just sound it out.” Levi Bacchus can’t read. 36 years old, and he’d never learned the meaning of a single sentence. “I just ain’t cut out for this, Jamie Lynn.” The girl’s countenance dropped in disagreement—just like her mother, that one. “So, you’re a … Continue reading Welcome #RWISA Author Beem Weeks
Meet #RWISA Author Wendy Scott
Navigator by Wendy Scott Luke's body whirled through the portal in a kaleidoscope of starlight and rainbows. Burnt ozone stung his nostrils, and his stomach roiled as if live dragonflies flitted inside. He clutched his grandfather's palm tighter, the only connection anchoring them together while they spun into the void, guided by the compass … Continue reading Meet #RWISA Author Wendy Scott
Welcome RWISA Author Gwen Plano
Love at First Sight By Gwendolyn M Plano “It doesn’t seem real. It just doesn’t seem real.” Mom muttered as she ran her hand over the curves of dad’s headstone. Sighing deeply, she stared blankly into the horizon. After a few minutes, she turned and faced me. “I tell myself that it must be … Continue reading Welcome RWISA Author Gwen Plano
If God Brings You To It…
It was one of those days… I’m over it, barely, but I did lose a good day or two of productive thinking because of it. We’re all artists, writers, poets, painters, photographers, readers, and imagineers, lovers-of-life, dreamers. And as such we have good and bad days, and some of us have fragile egos. I … Continue reading If God Brings You To It…
Life, Lust & Love
Sometimes I forget. OSHO sits on my night table. The Beloved is one of the few hard cover books I own. It's the moving and traveling--the way I love to live my life. It doesn't lend itself to a library of hundreds, or thousands, of books. I'm a nomad at heart. I could live my … Continue reading Life, Lust & Love
Lynda Filler 