USA Illinois SCBWI Chapter has contracted to host a space at the 2008 Printer’s Row Book Festival on Saturday, June 7th and Sunday, June 8th. Wendy Willett, author and illustrator will be there for (2) one hour spots to meet, greet, sell, and sign her five-star rated book Amber Shadows and the Missing Wands, […]
Education/Writing/Acting Education: Carmel High for Girls, Advanced Acting junior (1986-1987) and senior year (1987-1988). Graduate of Institute of Children’s Literature July 7, 2003, studied Principles of Acting, and Stage-Play Analysis for Production through College of Lake County 2006.
Acting experience in theatre plays: The Hobbit, Mama’s Family – both in Carmel High; Fall Festival – performed, “You’ve Got a Friend”
Writing/Publication Experience:
I wrote/illustrated and self-published my first novel, Amber Shadows and the Missing Wands and have numerous works posted . . .
Shrouded in paranormal mist
Are strange, mysterious vortices –
Portals to branch universes
Where rapt interdimensional
Denizens raise chills on napes of
Dreamers’ pale, unsuspecting necks;
Where breathless awareness bristles
In silent, prayerful pleas offered
Of devoured skepticism;
Where moonless, dark shadows obscure
Peripherally-detected,
Indistinct, yet certain movement;
Where eerie, indiscernible
Conversations of by-gone times
Float away on waves of chilled air;
Where dog’s nervous growls fall upon
Invisible energy of
Ghostly, […]
Artist, writer and environmental educator, Gianetta Ellis is the creator of stewARTship studios where she "incorporates art to stewardship" by using the fine arts as a means for students to build enduring connections to self and nature. Ellis is the author of Stewards of Spirit: Awakening in the Light of Rachel's Ballads, which advances a unique approach to ecopsychology by demonstrating how ecologic tenets can guide us in our effort to live the highest expression of an authentic life.
Baring wisdom whispers,
Unvalued time,
A place often too far to reach,
As if happiness were a crime.
When told to do what’s said,
My heart slows it’s pace,
It feels divorced and miles away,
I’m dejected in this place.
A feeling thrust upon me,
It’s anger thaws my mind,
Words that echo more than kin,
And a little less than kind.
Branches wonder north,
And ceilings stunt […]
Katalyn Louis Parks is a writer from Liverpool, England, and at age eighteen, she has already built up an impressive amount of credentials. She has won several awards in poetry and short story writing, and currently has one of her screenplays in production. Katalyn hopes to be a full time writer in the future, but at the moment enjoys writing as a hobby alongside her studies in English Language & Literature.
No poem immured within
Author’s intentions can thrive.
Release inclined resistance;
Yield to individual
Interpretation; cut loose
Tightly-bound preconceptions
To liberate and expand
Scope beyond expectation.
Embrace all transformation
Born of vastly diverse views
To bring a composition
To life within its own world
Where it can morph according
To whims found in ambiance
Of one perceiver’s exhale
And yet another’s inhale.
In its freedom, a poem
Truly discovers itself.
Infinite perspectives […]
Artist, writer and environmental educator, Gianetta Ellis is the creator of stewARTship studios where she "incorporates art to stewardship" by using the fine arts as a means for students to build enduring connections to self and nature. Ellis is the author of Stewards of Spirit: Awakening in the Light of Rachel's Ballads, which advances a unique approach to ecopsychology by demonstrating how ecologic tenets can guide us in our effort to live the highest expression of an authentic life.
Resolving to avoid every
Fine-spun nuance of human
Pretense; I spoke with the winds
Today and asked if the miracle I
Had discovered IN YOU - such torrid
Brush strokes dividing the light and the
Dreary - might remain the hot ember
Now burning brightly IN ME
Extending its
Warmth and light as
Aliment and inspiration;
Wisdom encouraged me to
Avoid the vast discolorations of
Thoughtless indiscretion and
Hinted […]
Richard Lloyd Cederberg is an award winning poet; nominated in 2007 for the Pushcart Prize. Richard is also a novelist, photographer, and digital artist whose art, prose, essay's, and poetic work have been published in numerous anthologies, e-zines, and compendiums; including Taborri Press, Poetry Life and Times, India's Taj Majal Review, and the Mississippi Crow Magazine. Richard is the creator of the popular 'Monumental Journey' series. His literary work received CST's 2006 Best New Adventure, Mystery, Historical Fiction literary award. Richard's novels have been likened to an amalgam of Jul . . .
As I lie below the cross lighted bright
As I was thinking what a beautiful night
I felt a touch of the Lord upon my soul
And from my body my spirit did flow
My spirit rose to the right and 15 feet into the air
I felt the Lord’s […]
Vietnam era Navy Vet, Graduated from Concordia University-1973, Moorhead, MN. Have four books published. Working on two more. I have recently retired and love it! Too bad I couldn't do it at age 18! I love to write!
Fleeting moments in time
The days speed by so fast,
The babes we cradled once
Seem so far in the past.
Our children so vibrant
With toys and games galore,
Endless days of playing
But now there’s something more.
The need to help others,
To be responsible,
Expanding their boundaries,
Growing knowledgeable.
Incredible insights
To solve the world’s woes,
So simple the answers
That these young persons know.
Our children’s growing […]
My hometown is still my hometown, Charlotte, NC. I have been in accounting for over twenty five years. Writing is one of my creative outlets. My daughter has been the major influence in my writing. She's my hero!
"Our children's growing minds, They look through caring eyes, I have hope for the world, In them the future lies." This is the last stanza of my poem "Our Children" which was one of my first creative endeavours. I am now a first-time children's book author.
"Benjamin P. Blizzard: Welcome to Christmastown"
appreciation
you read my verses and smile
blossoms from within
Rebecca Lerwill was born and raised in Germany. She moved to the United States in 1995. Her debut novel 'Relocating Mia', a romantic suspense, recieved honors as a finalist in the USA Book News, Best Book Awards in 2007.
Rebecca resides close to the Wasatch Mountains in Utah and balances her time between writing and her horses.
Her current work can be followed on her website
www.rebeccalerwill.com
Only she is aware of its particular significance in her life as she carefully
Reaches out to hold it between her two hands. The intense beauty forever
Captures her attention and never fails to captivate
Her heart. With hesitant fingers, she caresses it gently, marveling at its
Intricate petals, surprisingly strong to the touch, for at […]
Dawn Wilson was born in Connecticut, but now resides in Milan Italy with her two daughters, where she teaches English as a foreign language.
She has written several short stories and poems which have been published online and in print. She enjoys utilizing the power of brevity in her writing.
Her first novel, Autumn Leaves, made it's debut in October of last year and she is currently working on her second novel, due out some time later this year.
“There are two types of writers: those who make you think and those who make you dream” says Brian Aldiss, who made me dream for such a long time with his science-fiction books. Thinking about his sentence and my work, I decided to write some columns on the subject. In principle I believe […]
"His books have had a life-enhancing impact on millions of people. The Times"
Paulo Coelho is one of the most beloved storytelling authors of our times. His books have sold more than 100 million copies worldwide and have been translated into 67 languages.
http://astore.amazon.com/wwwpaulocoelh-20
