Hello everyone,

Belated Happy New Year and welcome to my first blog of 2024. I will begin by reminding you about the dating profile competition. The challenge closes on January 19th., so send me your entries asap for a chance to win the $25 gift card.

We have a new author joining our ranks. Sofia Saalik has written a powerful poem in two parts. The first is titled “The Oppressor to the Oppressed” and the second is a reply to the first, titled “Oppressed to the Oppressor”. Next, a spine-chilling story from Angie Rose-Carnegie, which leaves the ending up to your imagination and titled, “Together We Will Survive”. And lastly, the second story is from Robert O’Meara and is not about war, but about empathy and titled “A Big Family of Little Things”.

Enjoy these stories and please send me your comments for the authors. We have completed a story chain recently, and I hope to begin publishing the chapters next time. This project involved several authors, who contributed to the stories and we ended with very interesting results. Check in the archives to read the previous story chains.

We are starting up a book club at the end of the month. If you are interested in joining us, please send me an email for more information. brendashort@writingblog.ca

Bren