Scribes’ Tribe Scribblings

Okay, fellow Tribers and friends of the Tribe, this page needs a little love. . . So let’s have some fun. My question today is: What are you working on? Are you like me, finishing up April poems in May? Or maybe you’re working on a mysterious short story? Or could it be that you’re […]

From Scribes’ Tribe Member, Joy Wooderson:
I had the pleasure of attending the West Coast Publication Party in Los Angeles on April 10 to celebrate the Spring 2008 issue of The Truth About The Fact: International Journal of Literary Nonfiction published by Loyola Marymount University. My piece “Bougainvillea and Barbed Wire: A Former Citizen Looks at […]

Laura Bradford spoke at the January Saturday Writers meeting. She and four of her author friends will be signing books at Borders in St. Peters. Her friends are in town for the MS Walk.
Stop by and give her your support and tell her Saturday Writers sent you.
Book Signing this Saturday, April 12 at […]

Tiered Membership–anyone who meets the requirements can join. You DON’T have to live in Missouri or have any ties to Missouri. You just have to want to network with hundreds of writers and belong to a growing and energized organization!
There will be four classes of membership: Full, Associate, Student, and honorary. […]

I’ve always felt that writing poetry is good for the rest of my writing. I don’t aspire to being a successful poet, but I do believe the effort engages a different part of my brain, stretches the creative muscles, and comes back around into my other writing in a positive way.
I was […]

For those just tuning in, we don’t mean to neglect our homepage, but we’ve been playing in the sandbox over here in Poetic Scribblings. We’ve got the Poem-A-Day challenge going on, prompts courtesy of Poetic Asides. C’mon over for a visit. After all, April IS National Poetry Month!

Margie Lawson is guest blogging on Thursday for Magical Musings. Her topic: Deep Edit Your Life!
Post a comment, and you’ll have a chance to win a Lecture Packet of your choice from Margie. Drop by and learn how Margie’s brain works (scary!). She’s taking the Five Question Scene Check list she developed for Deep Editing […]

Okay, I’m doing it. I finally wrote yesterday’s poem, today. The prompt was “Firsts” or some such. Will try to get to today’s prompt, tonight, but have not read it yet. Who else is in? You’ll have to listen to these on Thursday night anyway . . .
I’ve created a […]

As you poets out there know, April is poetry month. To celebrate, Writer’s Digest’s poetry blog, Poetic Asides, is challenging poets to write one poem a day during the month of April with the help of their daily prompt. I think I’m going to try it. Anyone else? Check it out http://blog.writersdigest.com/poeticasides/

Amazon has sent an open letter to “interested parties,” explaining “what we’re changing with print on demand and why we are doing so.” Amazon has caused a major stir in the pod field with its decision to have publishers who want to sell pod titles directly through its Web site use its BookSurge pod subsidiary.
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