Sun’s out. Flowers are blooming. Good to be home with loved ones and this guy
Author: Linda
Novelist, freelance writer and composer in LA.
Adorable Kitten
This video cracked me up!
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Niva Dorell Smith
Beautiful, poignant writing by my dear friend, Niva Dorell Smith, whose beloved husband, Kaz died 11 days after they married. Love you, Niva.
Here is a lnk to the piece
Elaine Mansfield
One of the finest writers I know, Elaine Mansfield, will be giving a reading in SF on July 25. She is amazing. Run, don’t walk. Wish I were going to be there. Go, Elaine, go.
Check out her event on facebook here
#TBT
Long ago, in a Galaxy far away (Fishkill, NY) I lived in a white house with green shutters up a 1/2 mile dirt road on a 250 acre piece of land, including a peach orchard. We kept bees, had a 40 x 40 foot garden and heated the house with wood. Those were some of the best years of my life. Here’s the proof. #backtotheland
Joni Mitchell
Love this. I’ve sure never played my dulcimer like Joni Mitchell does here. Wow.
Writers in Residence Program
From Hedgebrook.com:
“Hedgebrook is on Whidbey Island, about thirty-five miles northwest of Seattle. Situated on 48-acres of forest and meadow facing Puget Sound, with a view of Mount Rainier, the retreat hosts writers from all over the world for residencies of two to six weeks, at no cost to the writer.
Six writers are in residence at a time, each housed in a handcrafted cottage. They spend their days in solitude – writing, reading, taking walks in the woods on the property or on nearby Double Bluff beach. In the evenings, they gather in the farmhouse kitchen to share a home-cooked gourmet meal, their work, their process and their stories. The Writers in Residence Program is Hedgebrook’s core program, supporting the fully-funded residencies of approximately 40 writers at the retreat each year.
Our selection process occurs once a year in the fall, with a late July deadline for submissions. Notifications are made by the beginning of December. Through a completely anonymous, three-round process, approximately forty writers are invited for residencies of two weeks to six weeks. Our residency season runs from February through October.
For more information about the Writers in Residence Program, contact Program Director, Vito Zingarelli at vitoz@hedgebrook.org.”
To Kill a Mockingbird Read-a-Thon at the Barnes and Noble at The Grove
Yesterday, I participated in the To Kill a Mockingbird Read-a-Thon at Barnes & Noble/The Grove. The event took place throughout the day and I was so honored to be alongside such wonderful authors and speakers. Dawn Wells (the Mary-Ann from Gilligan’s Island), Josh Sabarra (Author of Porn Again: A Memoir), and Cynthia Fox (from 100.3 The Sound) all read at 11am with me (also in the photo above).
I was honored to sign “Tears and Tequila” at Barnes&Noble – The Grove – beneath Harper Lee. I was spellbound by the world she created, and the beauty of her words as we read TKAM aloud at the all-day-read-a-thon organized by Lita Weissman.
True Words
#amwriting
Reflections
As I struggle with my next book – is it a memoir, is it a novel, what is the chronology, what genre is it – along comes this brave and beautiful conversation about that exact question!! Answers from two masters- Jeanette Winterson and Helen Macdonald. I thank them for this bright ray of hope and clarity. Absolutely made my day. If you read it, you’ll see what I mean.
Linda Schreyer 