My Silhouette Portrait Published in Suspended Magazine & Giveaway Reminder ๐Ÿ“ธ๐Ÿฅณ

Very pleased to have one of my photos, โ€œOpen Space Silhouette Portrait,โ€ published in the current issue of Suspended Magazine. Check out the issue, and consider submitting poems, art, or short fiction to this amazing literary magazine: details here.


More insights from the magazine about my photo: โ€œIโ€™m interested in the numerous exciting permutations portraiture and self-portraiture can take. From precise likenesses to figures that could be a stand-in for almost any character or human form, the possibilities when documenting the self and others are encouraging for photographers who wish to explore. I took this self-portrait using a Nikon 35 mm DSLR, creating a window reflection and then playing with filters that introduced light leaks that offered a compelling interplay between buoyant, yellow warmth and movement against deep, calm shadows of introspection and stillness. Iโ€™m intrigued by how the finished photo suggests both anchoring and spaciousness.โ€

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Also, just a reminder that Women on Writingโ€™s Thankful for Books Giveaway runs up to November 20th! ๐Ÿ‚๐Ÿ“š

Copies of my book, From Promising to Published , will be part of the prize packages for three lucky winners.

Read more and enter the contest at: Thankful for Books Giveaway!

๐Ÿ‚Enter the Thankful for Books Giveaway ๐Ÿ‚

Super excited to participate in Women on Writingโ€™s Thankful for Books Giveaway, starting today and running up to November 20th! ๐Ÿ‚๐Ÿ“š

Copies of my book, From Promising to Published , will be part of the prize packages for three lucky winners.

Read more and enter the contest at: Thankful for Books Giveaway!

Good luck, and happy reading! ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“”

One-Year Book Birthday Giveaway!

February marks the one-year book birthday for my book, Writing It Real: Creating an Online Course for Fun and Profit! In celebration, Iโ€™m going to run a book giveaway to share this splendid book thatโ€™s packed with tips and insights aplenty on everything from brainstorming your class idea to crafting your syllabus to running your class and so much more to keep educators motivated and interactive with their students.

Between now and Wednesday, February 15th, 2023, if youโ€™re interested in winning a free copy, just leave a comment at my Instagram @frompromisingtopublished99 or here at my website in the Comments section of the post, letting me know what type of course youโ€™d love to create and teach.

Examples might include but are not limited to: science fiction, poetry, flash fiction, romance novels, photography, introductory figure study, pottery, creative nonfiction, memoir, journalism, you name it.

Feel free to add a detail or two of why this class idea interests you, if youโ€™d like.

After the 15th, Iโ€™ll enter all names from the comments into a hat (โ€˜cause I run old-school that way๐Ÿฅณ) and pick some winners. ๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ“”Good luck, and teach on!

Let the Fun Commence! Blog Tour Interview and Win a Copy! ๐Ÿ’Œ๐Ÿ“š

Super excited to launch my WOW! blog tour today for From Promising to Published! ๐Ÿ’—

To get us started, I had the great joy of being interviewed by talented Nicole Pyles at Women on Writing. We dished about many writing topics, including submitting writing more than 1,300 times (aka: perseverance and keeping work in rotation), why I love teaching creative writing and what Iโ€™ve learned from my students, and the road to claiming the title of โ€œwriter.โ€ Read on!

Check it out here: The Muffin interview clickety-click.

Also, after reading the interview, be sure to enter for your chance to win a free copy of my book (entries taken through December 18th) by filling out the Rafflecopter form located after the interview. Good luck! ๐ŸŽŠ๐Ÿ€

Thereโ€™s also a copy up for grabs at The Mommies Reviews between now and December 10th . ๐Ÿ“š

Giveaway: The Mommies Reviews clickety-click!

Fall into Reading Book Giveaway

Happy Fall! Thereโ€™s a crispness in the breeze today that matches with what the calendar says about a new season. Time for cozy sweaters and curling up with fabulous books!

Want to win some stellar books to keep your TBR pile stocked this fall? Or how about an Amazon gift card? Enter this free and awesome Fall into Reading contest at Women on Writing between now and October 6, 2022: clicky.

Iโ€™m so pleased to offer copies of my latest book, From Promising to Published, as part of the contest offerings. Read all about all of the excellent books on offer and enter the Rafflecopter form for a chance to win at WOWโ€™s blog: The Muffin.