I’ve been meaning to celebrate the library as an entity on this earth, which is the goal of this blog post! Why, you might be wondering? So many reasons, but a few timely ones that I’ll focus on today.
Read MoreSupporting Puerto Rico
One thing that is timely and that I do want to get out online and to others, whoever might read it, is more information about the crisis in Puerto Rico. Our final keynote speaker was scholar activist Rosa Clemente. Rosa has family in Puerto Rico and has taken it upon herself to document the suffering and bring aid to those in Puerto Rico trying to survive and rebuild in the aftermath of the hurricanes. To learn more and donate, visit her webpage PR on the Map.
Read MoreThe 3-Day Novel Contest 2017
So, I did that this year.
The 3-day Novel Contest is a chance for writers across the world to hunker down over Labor Day weekend and birth a lovely little book...or novel...or novella...or rough draft...or to crumble in that familiar chaos and despair familiar to writers. It happens ever year and I've known this since high school when Jan Underwood came to my hometown as part of her book tour for her 3-Day Novel, Day Shift Werewolf.
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