Dear Editor, I know I promised to write about how concrete imagery draws a reader into a story, but I’ve had such a week that I just couldn’t. Several months ago we had a huge Red Oak tree cut down after it dropped a large limb onto my neighbor’s driveway. Unfortunately, she was in the […]
Monthly Archives: October 2014
Five years ago, when I taught Journalism, my syllabus was set. We began with a brief discussion of colonial gazettes, then focused on objective news. Until recently I hadn’t connected those two dots – how American news writing evolved from opinionated essays to what is now considered fair and accurate reporting. This connection turns out […]
Valerie Joan Connors’ latest novel, Shadow of a Smile, is about a woman discovering her mother’s hidden past. Recently published by Deeds Publishing, Shadow of a Smile takes its name from Johnny Mercer’s “The Shadow of Your Smile,” a song that helped launch Anastasia Springfield’s brief singing career. Anastasia is 30-year-old Meredith Springfield’s mother, and […]
As a Sales Executive-Turned-Writer with twenty years of selling behind me, I feel comfortable in saying that I may be somewhat of a “mindful expert” on the matter of selling. In the first three months after the publication of my first novel, Falling Through Trees, I did more than thirty book signings in a variety […]
Last Tuesday I wrote about my pilgrimage to Rowan Oak, Faulkner’s home in Oxford, but there’s more to Oxford than Faulkner. Below are some suggestions if you’re thinking of paying a visit. Out from town 1. Blue Creek Cabin: a 19th century log cabin located north of Oxford, disassembled and moved from Tennessee. My friend Claudia and […]
Readers Unbound 