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Blogging With A Little Help From Your Friends. A Guest Post By Sherri Matthews @WriterSherri
Today, I’m thrilled and honoured to guest post at Hugh Robert’s wonderful blog, Hugh’s News & Views, on the challenges of balancing blogging, writing a book and the curve balls of life. And the fascinating coincidences bloggers regularly discover through … Continue reading
Smorgasbord Blog Magazine – Guest Writer Sherri Matthews – #Memoir – Times Past Challenge: Chinese Spoons And Eating Out
Hello again dear friends, too long away and enough said about that because setbacks will always prevail, but I am hard at work bringing this round of edits to a close, almost there for the final read through. Hooray! Meanwhile, … Continue reading
Posted in Guest Blogs, Uncategorized
Tagged Chinese Spoons, Eating out 1970s, Family Life, Family Memoirs, Fathers & Daughters, Memoir
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Rodeo #3: Travel with a Twist Winners
With great excitement, it’s time at last to announce the winners of my flash fiction contest, Travel With A Twist. Thank you so much for your support here and at the Rodeo and for a fantastic response to this and … Continue reading
Rodeo #4: Fractured Fairy Tales
Halloween is almost here, so what better time to rustle up those fun treats and cook up a twisted fairy tale, or two? Hello again, dear friends, it’s week four at the Rodeo and time for Norah Colvin’s contest: Fractured … Continue reading
Rodeo #3: Travel with a Twist
Hello again, dear friends! We’ve reached the midway point at the Rodeo which means it’s time to pack your bags and flash a holiday tale with a twist. My contest, Rodeo #3: Travel With A Twist, is up and running … Continue reading
49 Days In 1988: Week 36 – Choices
Today I’m travelling with Hugh Roberts and Huey Lewis and the News back to the future. Since January, Hugh has invited a weekly guest to choose their favourite 80’s song and feature in his ’49 Days in 1988′ series. Hugh … Continue reading
Raw Literature: Asperger’s, Voice and the Search for Identity
My guest post features at Carrot Ranch today. I’m honoured for the opportunity to write about a subject close to my heart and share my passion for increasing awareness of the impact of Asperger’s on Aspies and their families, in … Continue reading
Posted in Asperger's Syndrome, Guest Blogs, Uncategorized
Tagged Ancestry, Asperger's Syndrome, Autistic Spectrum Disorder, Blogging, DNA, Family Life, Heritage, Identity, writing
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Flash Fiction Rodeo Contest #5
Time to Twitterflash at the Rodeo! C. Jai Ferry’s 9×11 Twitterflash kicks off Flash Fiction Rodeo Contest #5 at Carrot Ranch. She wants us to complete a 99-word story using Twitter on any subject or in any genre as long … Continue reading
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Tagged Flash Fiction Contest, Flash Fiction Rodeo, Twitter
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Flash Fiction Rodeo Contest #4
Flash Fiction Rodeo Contest #4 ‘Scars’ is live now! Memoir writer Irene Waters asks us to write a double length Carrot Ranch flash, or 2 chapters of 99-words each (198 words total), tell a story that shows a scar. It … Continue reading
Posted in Reblogs, Uncategorized
Tagged Carrot Ranch, Flash Fiction Competition, Flash Fiction Rodeo Contest, Memoir
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