by Jacquie Rogers
Copyright © 2010 Jacquie Rogers
Situation: A 30-year-old man named Joe calls his mother, Betty, and says he’s sick. The mother drops everything and goes to his house to nurse him.
What do we know about Joe? Why did he call his mother instead of his wife [...]
That’s point of view.
We know what we see, hear, taste, smell, and touch, but we can never be sure how someone else senses those same stimuli, if they noticed at all.
Let’s say you’re thirty years old and you see an eighty-year-old arthritic woman take a full minute to get out of [...]
Here come the Texty Ladies! Some of us, anyway. The rest will be here when they get here. 2009 was a bit busy for us all, but we’re all dedicated to this site and we’ll be hanging around more.
So . . .
Magic Monday is back!
To celebrate, we’re [...]
Hi everyone!
The Textyladies are still busy regrouping and getting our busy lives in order, but we are talking about coming back to post when we can at TL.
I have a new book out. It’s called Sanctuary and I wrote it under the pseudonym Cassidy Hunter. Come by my website for more [...]
Welcome to Poetry Play Thursday!
Today’s poetry prompt is a photo. I hope it will inspire you to write. If it does, I hope you’ll share you poem, or a link to it, here in our comments. We’d love to read what you’ve written! Have fun!
Train Tracks by Peter Griffin
Wishcasting Wednesday is a weekly exercise in exploring your dreams and supporting the dreams of others. It is hosted by the beautiful and inspirational Jamie Ridler of Jamie Ridler Studios, who posts a weekly question and explains:
You can be a maker of magic and a tender of wishes. It’s easy. Answer the [...]
Jacquie Rogers, Author
by Jacquie Rogers
Copyright © 2009 Jacquie Rogers
Reprinted from 1st Turning Point
Your book is out, waiting to be purchased by eager readers, and you’re on the promotion circuit. In a flash of genius, you signed up for a featured-author [...]
Every once in a while, a friend and I go out of the area for a writers’ retreat. This isn’t sponsored by anyone or anything–it’s just us–Judith Laik and I, and sometimes our two other friends can make it if we’re lucky. We pack up our clothes, food, and writing materials . [...]
Hi everybody,
I have no prompts today, but I wanted to let you know that next week, I’m interviewing a writer named Diamond Taylor. Be sure to come by for that. She’s going to be giving out some posters and bookmarks, too. That’s Tuesday the 10th! I hope you’ll visit and say hello. [...]
Things happen.
A few weeks ago, I wrote about my experience with publishing a novella on the Kindle, called Faery Merry Christmas. Publishing is one thing–selling books is something else altogether. It requires time, effort, a little (lot of) money, and a boatload of luck (which you [...]
