by Lisa Dailey | Oct 5, 2022 | Blog
Every year, Red Wheelbarrow Writers have some fun with National Novel Writing Month—we write a collective novel! Each writer who signs up for this fun challenge gets one November day to write a chapter of 1,666 words to advance the story. Improv rules apply: you must...
by phelberg | Sep 4, 2017 | Blog
by Betty Scott Surrounded by political rancor, I found myself wishing Superman would swoop in and solve global chaos. Instead I read up on Gastropods and Mollusks. One night I dreamt about … oh Hail to the Chief … Super Snail! Snails weigh mere grams. An average...
by phelberg | Aug 16, 2017 | Blog
by Jean Waight Remember the so-called War on Christmas—just another snit by Fox News, right? In the wake of last year’s presidential election results, we—secular and religious progressives, liberals, centrists, and presumably, a good many conservatives—have looked far...
by phelberg | Jul 3, 2017 | Blog
by Judith Shantz “Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me”. That was the childhood response to playground bullies, but it was never true. Words do hurt, far more than sticks or stones. Mindless cruelties. Retard and queer. We never outgrew...
by phelberg | Nov 7, 2016 | Blog
by Dick Little Words! All those words. I love `em, list `em, hoard them. Steal them. Don’t you? I think they’re why I write, when it comes down to it. Especially when all that plot, character, story arc stuff eludes me. Words are the pretty candies in a...