Only a year and a half ago, Shellie Rushing Tomlinson was an interior decorator, a basketball coach, and a “closet” writer. Now she has her own book, and radio and TV shows, too! She credits her children with pulling her out of that “closet.” She said, “My sisters and I used to tell our kids stories about our childhood, just like many other families…
I have an article that refused to die. You know the type I mean – the writing that every member of your family loves unreservedly, he piece that your friends said proved you were (funny, clever, wise, sophisticated, intelligent – insert your word of choice)…
Max (age 26 months) has an ever-expanding vocabulary. To preserve his hilarious “Max Speak”, I write Max
Every day at WritersWeekly.com, we receive emails from writers requesting advice on how to write query letters and how to improve their existing query letters. While we
Kudos for WritersWeekly Whispers and Warnings
Many thanks, Angela.
Personal aside…I’ve been a subscriber to WritersWeekly for less than a day and it already kept me from stepping into something potentially nasty with an agent…
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I read Profitable Email Publishing and loved it. I write today to say thank you. I believe that I would not have continued on my quest for freelance success without your site and your encouragement. I’m still on that quest….
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Dear Angela and Richard–
I have written to you both a number of times and just want to tell you how much I really appreciate all the insight that you offer to writers in WritersWeekly. It is especially comforting to know that if I ever have a question, you both are so easily approachable…
Writers dream of the day when the words they have committed to paper will be read and appreciated by people they may never meet. The desire to be published is a goal that motivates gifted scribes to spend long hours at computer keyboards, to spend money and time to attend conferences, and to join local writers
I’ve enjoyed your magazine for the past couple of years, both informative and entertaining. I’ve seen the columns where you “give advice” and I could use a little help myself. I write fiction and my wife has just caught the “writing bug” and has decided to write about her adventures with our two kids and six foster kids.
In this day and age, legalities abound, so can you tell me if we can we use the children’s real names in her stories?
We all have a story we want to tell. Maybe we have lost a parent or a loved one and realize we can
I woke up on Saturday morning to Max (26-months-old) forcibly opening my left eyelid and whispering, “Way up, Mom! Way up, Mom!” I opened my eyes and smiled and he said, “Wissen!” So, I cocked my ear up and opened my eyes wide, rolling them around to make him laugh while trying to make out the sound he was listening to (he just learned the word “noise”). A cold front had blown through overnight and I realized a cold wind was whistling around the windows. I opened my mouth wide and said, “Oooh!” And Max replied, “I hear noise! I hear wind! I like wind!” I scooped him into my arms and said, “I like wind, too!”
Writing is a passion (along with photography). What you so often share in this newsletter is that to actually write comes with purpose and joy. Even in the simple things of sharing our stories with our family. I love the ideas that you presented for gifts. It is something our family of origin has passed on in writing journals and our histories.
