It's been a busy week and even busier fall. But I'm nearly on the other side of the hecticness.
One more work week (and working weekend) and the I go on writer's retreat (a fancy way of saying I have vacation time to use up and will spending it working on book No. 5 of the Before the Blood).
This weekend, I'm wrapping up the stories in a three-part series I wrote, exploring how devastating illness impacts families. I also have some incomplete marketing projects to, well, complete.
But looking back, I've made nearly all my goals for this year. That, combined with the fact I finally got some decent sleep last night, makes for an overall satisfying feeling.
Overall because I lost an object important to me yesterday. Also, I wanted to run something timely in the newspaper but moved another, not as timely item on the page instead, again, the product of being tired, which is grating on my nerves this morning.
Before I move onward to features, I'd like to give a quick shout-out to WriteOn Joliet's anthology release party. Details below. Have a blessed Friday, all! :)
WriteOn Joliet Anthology Release Party
When: 6 to 8:30 p.m. Nov. 17
Where: The Book Market, 2365 Plainfield Road, Crest Hill
Etc.: Copies of "Write Where We Are" (WriteOn Joliet's first anthology) will be for sale. Information about WriteOn Joliet. A chance to meet and talk to some of WriteOn Joliet's members, as well as purchase books written by individual WriteOn Joliet authors as well as browse the store and purchase others books. Chef-created refreshments. BryonySeries raffles. Free admission.
Contact: bryonyseries@gmail.com
Visit: writeonJoliet.com or www.bryonyseries.com
Features, etc.:
Monday through Saturday I assembled my non-bylined works - brief posts and calendar listings - into one convenient file and posting them on Facebook in the evening, so readers can easily choose the ones they want to read.
One more work week (and working weekend) and the I go on writer's retreat (a fancy way of saying I have vacation time to use up and will spending it working on book No. 5 of the Before the Blood).
This weekend, I'm wrapping up the stories in a three-part series I wrote, exploring how devastating illness impacts families. I also have some incomplete marketing projects to, well, complete.
But looking back, I've made nearly all my goals for this year. That, combined with the fact I finally got some decent sleep last night, makes for an overall satisfying feeling.
Overall because I lost an object important to me yesterday. Also, I wanted to run something timely in the newspaper but moved another, not as timely item on the page instead, again, the product of being tired, which is grating on my nerves this morning.
Before I move onward to features, I'd like to give a quick shout-out to WriteOn Joliet's anthology release party. Details below. Have a blessed Friday, all! :)
WriteOn Joliet Anthology Release Party
When: 6 to 8:30 p.m. Nov. 17
Where: The Book Market, 2365 Plainfield Road, Crest Hill
Etc.: Copies of "Write Where We Are" (WriteOn Joliet's first anthology) will be for sale. Information about WriteOn Joliet. A chance to meet and talk to some of WriteOn Joliet's members, as well as purchase books written by individual WriteOn Joliet authors as well as browse the store and purchase others books. Chef-created refreshments. BryonySeries raffles. Free admission.
Contact: bryonyseries@gmail.com
Visit: writeonJoliet.com or www.bryonyseries.com
Features, etc.:
Monday through Saturday I assembled my non-bylined works - brief posts and calendar listings - into one convenient file and posting them on Facebook in the evening, so readers can easily choose the ones they want to read.
One can also find those event listings, the Gotta Do It calendar, as well as the pets, health, faith, and arts and entertainment calendars, under the sections tab on the left hand side of http://www.theherald-news.com/. Click on "features" and the topics drop down. Gotta Do It runs under "people."
Community news? Again, under the sections tab, under features, and by topic. Updates are posted on these days in print and web and in web on other days as I have the time: Monday (pets), Tuesday (health), Thursday (faith), Friday (arts and entertainment), and Sunday (people).
Daily updates: I do post the briefs and calendars on Twitter during the week, so you're welcome to follow me at @Denise_Unland61.
BryonySeries stuff: I post curated content relating to the BryonySeries at @BryonySeries. And assorted related content at www.facebook.com/BryonySeries. And of course, please follow the adventures of Bertrand the Mouse on Instagram at
Micro pantries cropping up in Will and Grundy Counties
So far, people are jumping in where they can, and Jeff Eberhard
is certain the project will keep snowballing.
http://www.theherald-news.com/lists/2017/10/31/b58803cf92b24a0db77e773bcaafac35/index.xml
'Grandpa, you should write a book'
Joliet man took his passions and flew with them
Flying and hard work were mainstays of his entire life. But
how Albert arrived there might make modern parents cringe.
http://www.theherald-news.com/lists/2017/10/31/5bb6dda8d93e44d8bb8769f8deaf28b1/index.xml
'I prefer to live in the moment'
“At the time, we thought it to be good news," Krystal
Bettega said of her daughter Madi Mumm's diagnosis. "We finally knew what
was going on and there would be a cure or treatment that would help,:
And then Krystal learned the details of Madi’s disorder.
'You just deal with it'
“Day-to-day life is not predictable,” Rosemarie Melnik of
Tinley Park said about her granddaughter Bella Brya. “Bella has no verbal
communication. If something is bothering her, she is not able to tell you.
She’s lost all her motor skills. She cannot move her arms and legs and cannot
hold up her head. She cannot swallow. She has a feeding tube."
Bella's brother Liam Bella and father Bill Brya also have
health challenges.
Mystery Diner: Old Fashioned Pancake House: casual
atmosphere, great value since 1986
Did we want breakfast, lunch or dinner? Despite the late
hour, we could order any menu item.
http://www.theherald-news.com/lists/2017/10/30/0bbe209f14e4487ab9d55fd6e050769e/index.xml?page=1
'Psalms of Paul' addresses life, love and faith
Two years ago, when Paul Oliver turned 50, he desired to leave a
legacy for his grandchildren, so they might know he was more than a water
treatment plant employee.
“Now you can ‘Google’
my name and see I’m a writer of poetry,” Oliver said. “[They can say] he had a
mind and a soul and actually accomplished something.”
http://www.theherald-news.com/lists/2017/11/08/08b8b08707234ec187a0a7e54b28beb4/index.xml
WriteOn Joliet publishes first anthology
Writers don't have to look far for resources
WriteOn Joliet recently published its first anthology:
"Write Where We Are" and will host a launch part on Nov. 17 at The
Book Market in Crest Hill.
The anthology contains poems, short stories, essays, a
novella and a novel excerpt by these local writers: Mauverneen (Maureen)
Blevins, Holly Coop, Emily Duncan, Diana Estell, Joshua Henderson, Tom
Hernandez, Beth Higgins, Sharon M.E. Houk, R. Michael Markley, Sue Mydliak,
Colleen H Robbins, Jennifer Russ, Stephen T. Saporta and Duanne Walton, as well
as Tom and me.
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