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November 30, 2020
The Sheltering Suburbanite to Her Neighbor
Inspired by pandemic-quarantine bubbles, Melissa Balmain penned this poem.
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November 30, 2020
Humor Writer of the Month: Melissa Balmain
Poet Melissa Balmain, editor of Light, the country's longest-running journal of light verse, has been named Humor Writer of the Month.
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November 30, 2020
Stories to Tell
Here are two avenues for essay submissions for women writers.
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November 30, 2020
Who's Publishing What: Southern Mae O’Naze
Wanda Argersinger's newest book, Southern Mae O'Naze, has arrived in time for the "holidaze."
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November 29, 2020
Hot Stuff in the Kitchen
I’m the very model of the modern modest man. That is why I am somewhat reluctant but still kind of excited to announce that there is a sex scandal going on in my house. And it involves, of all things, Tupperware.
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November 29, 2020
Things I Learned During the COVID-19 Pandemic
There are things to learn even in the most challenging of times, and sometimes it’s what we learn in those everyday moments of life that gives us a renewed perspective.
November 29, 2020
Who's Publishing What: Black Dog, White Couch, and the Rest of My Really Bad Ideas
Dawn Weber's newest book, Black Dog, White Couch, and the Rest of My Really Bad Ideas,” is a laugh-out-loud confessional.
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November 29, 2020
'Tis the Season
Scrambling for a gift for the writer on your holiday list? Here are more than 100 creative, quirky and useful ideas.
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November 29, 2020
Who's Publishing What: The Elements of Stress
Bob Eckstein and Michael Shaw's The Elements of Stress: And the Pursuit of Happy-ish in This Current Sh*tstorm is a parody of The Elements of Style, perfect "for anyone who has had it up to here."
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November 28, 2020
Feeding Each Other's Souls
The virtual Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop "pulled me out of my funk, fed my soul and inspired me,” said Jennifer Belden, a writer in Frisco, Texas. “If it (my novel) never sees the light of day, that’s ok, because I finally broke my writer’s block.”
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