where the writers are

B. Lynn Goodwin's Blog

RSSSyndicate content
Jul.25.2012
So sorry about the loss of Ray Bradbury. I don't know if the "blue light from the television spilling onto the street" was his, but it stayed with me all these years as a look at dual worlds co-existing. So does the idea of a stepping on a butterfly and changing the world, which was in Bradbury's...
Continue Reading »
Jul.25.2012
So sorry about the loss of Ray Bradbury. I don't know if the "blue light from the television spilling onto the street" was his, but it stayed with me all these years as a look at dual worlds co-existing. So does the idea of a stepping on a butterfly and changing the world, which was in Bradbury's...
Continue Reading »
Jul.05.2012
Hi Everyone, Before I get to traditional news, reviewer Carol Smallwood has offered us a complimentary copy of Women Writing on Family: Tips on Writing, Teaching and Publishing (Key Publishing House, 2012) as a giveaway for you or a friend. To enter the giveaway, go to Writer Advice, find the page...
Continue Reading »
Jul.05.2012
Hi Everyone, Before I get to traditional news, reviewer Carol Smallwood has offered us a complimentary copy of Women Writing on Family: Tips on Writing, Teaching and Publishing (Key Publishing House, 2012) as a giveaway for you or a friend. To enter the giveaway, go to Writer Advice, find the page...
Continue Reading »
Nov.16.2011
Share 50 to 500 words of prose or up to 24 lines of poetry about a moment that altered your world forever.  It can be as small as picking up the telephone or as big as a hurricane. It can be as global as the impact of 9-11 or as personal as the discovery that your perfect baby has a chronic...
Continue Reading »
Nov.16.2011
My favorite love story is the one that's evolving under my roof, in my county, around unique circumstances, day by day. It has no name, two human characters plus a dog, and the ending is still unknown. B. Lynn Goodwin www.writeradvice.com Author of You Want Me to Do WHAT? Journaling for Caregivers
Continue Reading »
Oct.19.2011
NOTE: If code appears here, it's a cyber ghost.   FROM THE OTHER SIDE   During my mother's final days, I asked her to let me know she was okay when she got to the other side, if she could. She nodded with a look in her eyes that told me she probably couldn't do that.   Less than two...
Continue Reading »
Oct.05.2011
I'd like to be a poet laureate in the Land of Potential, where school is optional, dreams are accessible, and beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Poetry would flow, ideas would find their audience, and there would be no word tangles there.   I'd be a poet laureate, not the poet laureate,...
Continue Reading »
Apr.04.2011
WRITER ADVICE – 6th Annual Flash Prose Contest.  Short Fiction/Memoir, 750 words max. First Prize: $150, Deadline: April 15.  Fees & complete guidelines: www.writeradvice.com  Questions only:  lgood67334@comcast.net
Continue Reading »
Feb.02.2011
open journal.JPG
@font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } WRITER ADVICE announces its Sixth Annual Flash Prose Contest. Mesmerize us with your best short...
Continue Reading »
Sep.15.2010
I love the places that my book, You Want Me to Do WHAT? Journaling for Caregivers, has taken me.
As I paid for a movie ticket a few months ago, the twenty-something ticket taker asked, "Are you an adult?" My first thought was that I have been an adult for many years, but before I opened my mouth, I realized she was asking if I am an adult or a senior. Senior: over 55, over 60, over...
Continue Reading » 2 comments
May.06.2010
I love the places that my book, You Want Me to Do WHAT? Journaling for Caregivers, has taken me.
I am learning to fly one day at a time. Some days I take one small step and other days I take a giant (flying) leap. One hour I might take three steps forward and the next I might take two steps back. Spinning my wheels may also be a part of learning to fly--once I get out of the moment and gain...
Continue Reading »
Apr.14.2010
When I was in eighth grade and ninth grade, I used to sneak downstairs and pick up “The Long Winter,” my favorite book in Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House series. Over and over, I read about Laura bringing water to Pa, who was haying in the hot summer sunshine. Together they would...
Continue Reading »