Sally has a lovely idea for the holiday. She wants to feature author’s Christmas trees and of course, their work.. Thank you for the feature, Sally. Hurry everyone else and get those tree pics to Sally. Previous year’s photos are fine.

Another week has flown by. I wish I knew where the time goes. (well, I do know where it goes but it is hard to believe how quick it goes there.) Continue to edit on Circumstances of Childhood. Found a couple of plot holes so it is a grab the backhoe maneuver and work to […]

I am very pleased to be asked to be interviewed by Gwen Plano host of the Rave Waves Behind the Pen show this Saturday, November 5th at noon Central. The show can be listened to live or if you miss it on the archive edition. The direct link is http://www.blogtalkradio.com/ravereviewsbookclub/2016/11/05/rrbc-rave-waves-blogtalkradio-behind-the-pen-with-john-w-howell   Gwen is the author of Letting Go […]

  It is Wednesday Story day again and this week’s episode is sponsored by Dan Antion. For those of you who don’t read the comments on this story, Dan has been advocating shooting all the characters and be done with it. I have to admit emotionally I am in Dan’s camp. Visit Dan at his […]

Here is my Friend Jill Weatherholt’s cover reveal. She is also thanking another Friend L Marie. Both are very supportive of authors. Keep an eye out for this book.

Here is how Keith explains it. “Using this photo (below)as inspiration, write a short story, flash fiction, scene, poem; anything, really; and either put it (or a link to it) in a comment or email it to me at keithkreates@channing.fr before 6pm next Sunday (if you aren’t sure what the time is where I live, […]

    I’m pretty sure I don’t have to explain  the inspiration for this list. Since today is Halloween, it is pretty obvious. Yes, there are some things on this list that I have done, but I’ll let you figure out which ones. Ten Things Not to Do on Halloween 10 On Halloween, do not […]

Now that we are close to Halloween, I want to bring you in on a contest that has been running for the month of October. Tracy Davis Shaw, the owner of Sirena Outfitters here in Port Aransas, came up with an idea to have a Scarecrow contest. A number of merchants and town’s people joined […]

  Today is Saturday and time for another stream of consciousness. Today’s prompt is “in/out.” If you would like to figure this whole thing out, please go to Linda Hill’s site and read all about it. Here is the link. The Friday Reminder and Prompt for #SoCS Oct. 29/16 In/Out by John W. Howell © 2106 “How […]

  The work week is drawing to a close. I don’t know about you but this week seemed pretty calm all things considered. Maybe it was the lack of debate drama but things were at a reasonable pace. I finally got into some serious editing of my next book titled Circumstances of Childhood. It is a […]