Prima: Print magazine true life article: Growing up with an Alcoholic Father.
Published runner-up prize for Winning Story Competition: A Walk in the Woods
Suffolk Norfolk Life Magazine: Regional print magazine article:
Memories of Hintlesham Hall
Your Cat: Print magazine ‘True Tales’ feature: Happy Cats’ Return.
Longlisted for Fish Publications Short Memoir Prize 2015 and 2016
Print Anthologies
This is Lockdown
Behind The Mask (short memoir)
Congress of Rough Writers: Flash Fiction Anthology Vol I:
From Memoir to Flash Fiction And Back Again (personal essay)
and 99 word Flash Fiction
Lady By The River: Stories of Perseverance
Promise of a Rose Garden
Slices of Life: An Anthology of True Stories
Letters For A Man Called Reg
Heart Whispers: A Poetry Anthology
Summer’s Dance and Morning’s Sweet Light.
Online Personal Essays and Contributions
Aspergers Voice And The Search For Identity: Carrot Ranch Literary Community.
Memoir & What Lies Beneath: Carrot Ranch Literary Community, essay exploring the value of the first draft and the unique challenges that arise for a memoir writer.
Chocolate Umbrella: Flash Fiction for a Guest Storyteller blog post at Sarah Potter Writes A little girl discovers that she isn’t the only one in her family who is keeping secrets. Also, A Blue Coat For Christmas: Flash Fiction about a Christmas present that stirs up different emotions within the wearer’s family.
The Art of Memoir by Mary Karr, book review. Invited by Harper Collins to read and review.
This Writer’s World Guest Post for the Writer’s Bureau
Stranger In A White Dress: Memoir in progress
You most certainly can call yourself a published author. It is exactly what publishing houses want when they are looking at publishing a manuscript – articles published in magazines, competition wins and runners-up. Well done. You are well on the way.
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Hello Irene, thank you so much for visiting my blog and for your lovely encouragement of my writing, this has made my day, wow! 🙂
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You are doing so many fantastic things with your writing. I can’t wait to say that I knew you back when we were both just bloggers working on becoming full-time writers. 🙂
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Oh Wendy, thank you so much for your wonderful encouragement and support and such kind words.
I think you and I have both come through some very hard times and are compelled to write. Neither of us could have imagined how starting a blog would have impacted our lives so much.
I’m so proud to know you my friend 🙂
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I feel the same. 🙂
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Sherri – congrats on getting those published and also, best wishes on on your future writings.
especially this:
“getting down on paper the words from the book which has been written on my heart for 32 years….” – now this sounds rich and wonderful – and I think these kind of books end up being the best of all books because the material brewed and simmered – and comes directly from the heart. 🙂
anyhow, so glad I found your blog and look forward to reading more stuff in the blogosphere and elsewhere.
~y.
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Y, I’m so glad that you found my blog too as you are so wonderfully encouraging and supportive and I thank you so much for that and your lovely visits! I too look forward very much to sharing our blogging journeys and here’s to a bright and beautiful future 🙂
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..Role model xx
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Never been called that before Lisa…! And here I am beating myself up about all I ‘should’ be doing and am not doing and all that good ‘stuff’. You make me smile, and for that I thank you greatly… 🙂 ❤ xx
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Should compare notes sometime on the “shoulds ” and “coulds” !! Oh, and the self-flagellation !
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Ha! Indeed….puts a new take on ‘no pain no gain’ doesn’t it? 😉
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Congratulations on these and much more success in the future Sherri. How is your memoir writing progressing?
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Hi Marje, how lovely to read your comment today. Thank you so much for taking the time to read this, really means a lot to me. I’ve made some good progress on my memoir revisions, back in the flow, but with such a busy time of year now, I’m more limited on my free writing time. I’m pressing on though, as much as I can, and believe I am getting closer to that finish line! And how are things with your writing going? I often think of you and hope all is well with you… xxx
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So glad you are progressing Sherri. I’m getting there but with a new job, and Xmas preparations etc I’m not planning on publishing until 2017… All too much for me. Xxx
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Thanks so much Marje. I know that ‘all too much’ feeling. I’ll be signing off here for Christmas shortly. With all the family coming home and so much yet to do, I’ll be on a go slow with my writing once again. I thought 2016 was going to be ‘the year’ but I couldn’t have been more wrong for so many reasons. I’ll be heading into 2017 with you on the same page, no pun intended! I hope you’re okay and enjoying your new job… xxx
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Yes it’s my daughters 21st on Christmas day! So writing will definitely be taking a back seat…. Looking forward to us both reaching the writing finishing line in 2017 Sherri. I’m okay nd the new job is going fine, hope all’s well with you Sherri. 🙂
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