Rain, rain, and more rain…
February 11, 2026 by Jina Bacarr in category Jina’s Book Chat, Writing tagged as book, Deadline, rain
We writers live in a different world when we’re on deadline… nothing gets dusted, wash piles up, dishes done only when we run out of coffee cups.
I’m struggling (as always) with this book, trying to fit all the pieces together; my research books look like I’m building the pyramids, and my characters are yelling at me to hurry up.
Still, that’s no excuse for being late here, but I am. Late. But not I’m giving up, so here’s a short video about the lovely rain we’re having.
And a poem to go with it.
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I’ll be back next month… and thank you for listening!
Jina
0 0 Read moreThe Bethlehem Writers Roundtable 2022 Short Story Award Deadline April 30th
April 29, 2022 by Bethlehem Writers Group in category Contests, From a Cabin in the Woods by Members of Bethlehem Writers Group, Writing Contest tagged as #TheBWG, Bethlehem Writers Group, Bethlehem Writers Roundtable Short Story Award, Deadline, Short Story Award, The 2022 Short Story Award
Polish those stories and get them in!
Deadline for the Bethlehem Writers Group short story contest, “An Element of Mystery”, is April 30th.
The theme is An Element of Mystery (broadly interpreted).
BWG is seeking never-published short stories of 2,000 words or fewer.
First Place will receive $250 and publication in the upcoming anthology: An Element of Mystery: Sweet, Funny, and Strange Tales of Intrigue or in Bethlehem Writers Roundtable.
The final judge of the 2022 Short Story Award is New York Times best-selling author Kate Carlisle.
Here is the link for more information on the 2022 Short Story Award. Scroll down for the entry form.
Books from Bethlehem Writers Group, LLC
The Bethlehem Writers Group, LLC (BWG), founded in 2006, is a community of mutually supportive, fiction and nonfiction authors based in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The members are as different from each other as their stories, spanning a range of genres including: children’s, fantasy, humor, inspiration, literary, memoir, mystery, paranormal, romance, science fiction, women’s fiction, and young adult.
See the schedule of meetings and events here.
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