I just returned from an excellent writer’s conference and have the need to change/set some short-term goals if I am to accomplish what I envisioned as a successful conclusion when I started this writer’s journey. To begin the process, I think a restatement of my original goal (mission statement) is in order. Here it […]

Wednesday story day again and last week we were treated to a situation where Bob’s mother managed to confuse Robert. He is an alternate personality created by Bob. Robert’s sole function is to protect Bob from the psychological ravages inflicted by his mother. Robert seemed a little confused about his identity and called out to […]

I am very pleased to welcome Sara F. Hathaway Rave Reviews Book Club Spotlight Author for this week. You can visit her schedule here. Day After Disaster: A Letter Home To whomever finds this letter, I sit here writing you now, hoping that this letter will be useless. Hopefully I have found my family still […]

I have often mentioned the fact that the city grooms the beach so that  the poor tourists do not get stuck. Although to the casual observer this looks like a good idea there are other problems connected with grading the beach. Among those are the burying of trash and firewood, disturbing the eco-system and making the […]

Since I’m at a Writer’s conference right now, I decided to look up my post from last year and check to see if there are any pointers I should follow. I decided to re-publish the post from last year since I really couldn’t improve on it. Hope you like it.   Top Ten Things Not […]

Here is this week’s photo. As you can see the beach is completely deserted with is a surprise in that these are the last days before school starts. Looks like the beach goers have decided to make it a late day. You can see the marks made by an earth mover. I purposely did not […]

  Stream of Consciousness Saturday time again and this week’s prompt is “VIS.” Linda Hill in her graciousness has allowed us to use VIS any way we want. For more information about this painful, exciting prompt go here.  http://lindaghill.com/2015/07/24/the-friday-reminder-and-prompt-for-socs-july-2515/ Vis by John W. Howell © 2015 All VISITORS MUST CHECK IN said the sign on […]

As you may be aware a group of excellent Bloggers put together an incredible Blogfest that includes over 128 blogs. The idea is to talk about a cherished item and to link together a number of bloggers who will be describing an item they cherish. The founders  of this idea are Damyanti – Daily (w)rite, Dan […]

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I’ve always found the different ways that we scribblers describe our experiences with writer’s block very interesting. Also the different ways the seasoned writers suggest getting over it. Some suggestions are to work around your block, or force yourself to write through it, even if what you write is…

                  Join us here on Rave Reviews Book Club’s RAVE WAVES SPOTLIGHT HONORS with host John W. Howell  and guest Author Micki Peluso. We will discuss her book And the Whippoorwill Sang-Memoir. Join us as we explore this book and become better acquainted with the author. To listen to the broadcast use this link http://www.blogtalkradio.com/ravereviewsbookclub/2015/07/23/rrbc-rave-waves-spotlight-honors-with-micki-peluso This segment of Spotlight Honors is being sponsored […]