Author Archives: John W. Howell

TGIF is as TGIF Does

Friday at last. *puff puff* A little haiku to take us into the weekend.   Work by John W. Howell ©2014 Place your nose on stone, Let the wheel grind it away . . . Ugly metaphor. Have a great Weekend!

Dreams of Love Poetry Collection

Originally posted on Poetry by Pamela:
I alluded to working on a project – and now I’m going to unveil that project. Only a couple of good friends were even aware of this. But I took the plunge and published a collection of my love poems. http://www.amazon.com/Dreams-Love-Poetry-Collection-Pamela-ebook/dp/B00I9H9K3Y/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1391691102&sr=1-1&keywords=dreams+of+love+by+Pamela I have been supported by one friend in…

Issue Seven, an Apology and a Thank You.

Originally posted on The Paperbook Blog:
Hello everyone. As you might have noticed, I have been appallingly absent from the WordPress halls. You might have also noticed that it is February 5th today. And I am four days late in publishing Issue Seven of The Paperbook Collective. Here is the apology part of the post:…

Hump Day is as Hump Day Does

  Wednesday is here so we need to give a small “well done” to each of us for making it. I guess we could give each other high two and one halfs. (The five is for Friday). On Fiction Favorites Wednesday is story day. Today is no exception. Today’s story deals with the vagaries of  a […]

Book Signing is as Book Signing Does

This last weekend I was very fortunate in having my first book signing. I must say it is an exciting experience. There you are, the same dumb shit you were before the event, in a venue surrounded by a bunch of folks. Some are waiting to talk and wanting a book to be signed. Others […]

Community Story Board is as Community Story Board Does

  The Community Story Board is back. Here is a message from the editors to provide some guidance going forward. Please visit with the idea of submitting some of your great work. You will find the submission guidelines on the site. We’re back!!! New Guidelines. After careful consideration and discussions with a panel of experts […]

Top Ten No Nos is as Top Ten No Nos Does

Here is the 31st installment of Ten Top Lists of What Not to Do by Marie Ann Bailey of 1WriteWay at http://1writeway.com and John W. Howell of Fiction Favorites at http://johnwhowell.com. These lists are simu-published on our blogs each Monday. We hope you enjoy. Top Ten Things Not to do When Writing a Novel 10.  […]

Thank You is as Thank You Does

Well, the My GRL Blog Tour has been completed.  We are down to the worm in the bottle; the chips and salsa are gone. It is time to strike the set, pack up the gear, and call it a day. The tour was supported by thirty world-class bloggers and from what I can tell was […]

My GRL Blog Tour Volunteer Recognition – Pamela Beckford

Pamela Beckford has two places on WordPress she calls home. The first is her blog titled Year ‘Round Thanksgiving Project. This is where Pamela can express herself in the form of looking for something to be thankful for each and every day. She made up her mind it is more blessed to be thankful for […]

My GRL Blog Tour Volunteer Recognition – Teri Polen

Teri Polen has an interesting site: Books and Such which contains some of the latest book releases as well as links to reviews of the book listed. Many times Teri has done a review in advance of the actual release so this linking feature really helps to get up to speed on the latest opinion […]