Hello everyone,

Firstly, thank you to those who have sent stories for St. Patrick’s Day.  There’s still room for more.  Bring out your Irish!

This week’s blog features an audio rendition of Dian Bowers’ published story “The Skating Rink”  and a poem from Frank Castellano titled “Family”

There is also some writing from myself.

Please check out the blog at writingblog.ca and send your comments.  They will be appreciated.

Bren

Hello everyone,

Happy Family Day!  This week’s blog contains work by:

Mary Penner – Love Potion

Angela van Breemen – We Only See One Another

Angie Rose Carnegie – Fishing in the Dark

and myself- part 2 of Florida in Winter

Send me your stories and poems to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day.  Bring out your Irish!

Bren

Let your Irish out!

Hello Everyone,

Happy Valentine’s Day to everyone.  This week’s blog includes the 1st place prize-winning Valentine’s poem by Angie Rose-Carnegie titled Lover’s Memory.  Other contributions are Below the icy sea by Leslie Harris, 1947 by Patricia Burnett and Florida in Winter part 1 from myself. Enjoy!

Check out the News and Current Events to be amazed at all the countries of the world that have visited the blog in the last four months.  And, a reminder that we have a Wordsmiths writing group meeting tomorrow (Feb 15th) at 1 pm.  If you would like to join us and are not a current member, contact Kim at kimburgess@ntpl.ca for the Zoom invitation. There are no membership fees. Hope to see you all tomorrow!

Bren

Hello everyone,

This week’s blog has four award winners’ stories and poems.  Please enjoy!

Stories from Angela van Breemen and Angie Rose-Carnegie

Poems from Teri-Lyn Smethurst and Frank Castellano

For those of you who haven’t Zoomed into New Tecumseth Public Library’s poetry group, why don’t you try it out on Thursday 17th. to see if you would like it.  Email Kim at kimburgess@ntpl.ca for a Zoom invitation.  I promise that you will have fun and maybe try writing poetry for yourself if that’s something you haven’t done before.  It’s definitely a challenge, but it’s not all about rhyming and who doesn’t enjoy a challenge.  Just another way to broaden your writing skills.

Bren

Hello everyone,

I am pleased to announce the results of the Valentine poetry competition.  The scoring was extremely close.  Thank you to all the poets who took part and also the judges for their dedication.

The results are as follows.

1st place – Angie Rose-Carnegie with Lover’s Memory – $25 gift card and certificate

2nd place – Frank Castellano with Love is Blind – certificate

3rd place – Angela van Breemen with We Only See One Another – certificate

The stories will be featured this month, so make sure to check out writingblog.ca to share a romantic moment or two. 

I have added a comments button on each page of the short stories and poems featured on the blog.  You can now send your comments to the writers and I will forward them.

Bren

Hello everyone,
Sorry, this is a little late, but there has been a lot happening on the blog. 

This week’s contributors are:
Mary Penner with part two of The Spy Thriller, her winning story in the SSAC writing competition of last year.

Angela van Breemen with her poem Milkweed Dreams

Patricia Burnett with her poem In Memory

And finally, in the audio section, my own story, What If…

Check it out

We will have the results of the Valentine Poem competition by the end of the week and I will post the results on writingblog.ca

Not sure if I sent this already, but the 1st Semi-Annual Writing Competition winners are:
1st place – Angela van Breemen with Seaweed Dreams $50

2nd place – Angie Rose-Carnegie with The Year Dad Built Our Christmas Tree $25

3rd place – Angie Rose-Carnegie with Fishing in the Dark $15
Thanks to everyone who took part.  Stay tuned, I will be featuring the stories over the next few weeks.
Bren