Glenda Bailey-Mershon

Write With Me! Study Hall, Monday, July 6, 2015

Join us by telling us what you’re working on today in the comments, below. And pity poor Simone, who is sleeping in this morning after three days of fireworks, which terrify her, because apparently one Fourth of July is not enough!

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Glenda Bailey-Mershon

Glenda Bailey-Mershon is the author of the novel Eve’s Garden (Twisted Road, 2014), the story of three generations of Romani women surviving in North Georgia, USA, during the 1960s. She is also the author of Weaver’s Knot: Poems (Finishing Line Press, forthcoming 2023) and other poetry titles, including sa-co-ni-ge/blue smoke: poems from the Southern Appalachians (Jane’s Stories) and Bird Talk: Poems (Wild Dove). A founder of the nonprofit, Jane’s Stories Press Foundarion, which presents the Clara Johnson Award for Women’s Literature, she edited four of their anthologies, the latest being Bridges and Borders, featuring immigrant women writers.

10 responses to “Write With Me! Study Hall, Monday, July 6, 2015”

Glenda Bailey-Mershon

July 6, 2015

Today, I’ll be working on the character of Ruth, the homeless woman who has had a stroke, in my second novel, The Man Who Loved Chocolate.

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Glenda Bailey-Mershon

July 6, 2015

Sharing, a call for submission which could be used as a prompt if you’re not sure what to write today.

Deadline: August 14
Award: Publication
Fee: None
Chatter House Press is pleased to announce a mini-memoir essay contest for women. The topic for the essay is “Biting the Bullet: Women Define Courage.” Full details can be found at http://www.chatterhousepress.com.
Last years essay contest, Banking the Bacon, can be found on Amazon or the Chatter House Press website.
Chatter House Press
A publisher focused on new writers.
CHATTERHOUSEPRESS.COM

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Mama Pajama (Miriam)

July 6, 2015

thanks for the prompt, Glenda!

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Glenda Bailey-Mershon

July 6, 2015

Cool, Miriam! Hope it helps.

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Glenda Bailey-Mershon

July 6, 2015

Got LOTS done on Ruth today. I even know where these bits and pieces that I wrote go in the larger manuscript? Am I lulled into complacency? We’ll see next week!

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mrscrotty

July 7, 2015

Sorry, just getting used to where to post what, still working my way around blogland. Worked on revising the RedHat story, cut alot, added a bit more.

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Glenda Bailey-Mershon

July 7, 2015

Which is the red hat story?

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Tamara

July 7, 2015

Writing a book on sleep health. Hoping to generate some creative nonfiction over the next couple of weeks at a writing conference, as well

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1. Glenda Bailey-Mershon
  
  July 7, 2015
  
  Great, Tamara. Which writing conference will you go to? I love to hear about them.
  
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2. Glenda Bailey-Mershon
  
  July 20, 2015
  
  Tell us how the conference went.
  
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