BryonySeries: Story Round-Up: Features in The Herald-News, May 22 through May 28

Friday, May 28, 2021

Story Round-Up: Features in The Herald-News, May 22 through May 28

Good morning!

I have twenty-two stories to share with you this morning - with sixteen that haven't posted to The Herald-News website yet, so watch for them over the weekend.

Here's a quick summary of where I'm at, fiction-wise.

I am waiting on the proof copy of the next book in The Adventures of Cornell Dyer chaper book series: Cornell Dyer and the Whispering Wardrobe. I read the first chapter at WriteOn Joliet and received a good response, so I'm excited to send it into the world.

Timothy and I will (hopefully) start work soonon the next book in the series: Cornell Dyer and the Calcium-Deficient Bones - especially now that school is done for him and Daniel for the semester.

The first book in the new BryonySeries Limbo trilogy The Phoenix should be available this weekend.

Speaking of this weekend, I'm hoping to get some work done on the second book of the Limbo trilogy - Call of the Siren - but because of the abundance of new characters and situations, I am pretty much starting from scratch, so progress is slow. Fortunately, I have a good chunk of free time over the next few days, so that should help quite a bit.

I'm also hoping to get started on a new series in the BryonySeries , one Sarah suggested to me over a decade ago. It's aimed at tween girls, so if you have a tween, are a tween, or will have a tween someday, this might interest you.

Now back to the twenty-two feature stories. Simply click on the link of the story that looks interesting to you. Happy scrolling!

But before the stories, I have a list of additional resources and information. Please check them out, too -

Finally, if you'd like to find more kindness in your life, consider this book.

And have a great Friday!

RECIPE OF THE WEEK

Sue's Diner is a fictional restaurant in the fictional Munsonville that only exists in the BryonySeries.

Each Sunday, we post a new recipe. The recipe is either featured in one of our cookbooks or will be featured in an upcoming cookbook.

Check out the recipe here.

WRITERS

If you're a writer anywhere in the world, you're welcome to join WriteOn Joliet's Facebook page. We're based in Joliet, Illinois, but we love to meet and interact with writers outside our area, too.

If you'd like to officially join WriteOn Joliet, we have two tiers of dues. We also have a marketing arm that's getting longer every year, well, except this year. Check us out at writeonjoliet.com.

I also suggest this book: Little Book of Revision: A Checklist for Fiction Writers. It's exactly as it says. Each page some with one suggestion for revision. The rest of the page is blank, so you can add your own notes. All proceeds benefit WriteOn Joliet.

If you need support in your writing, I highly recommend this Twitter group: #5amwritersclub. I joined it last year. Writers support each other on Twitter and meet every three weeks at 5 a.m. (4 a.m. CST - needless to say, I am often late!) on Zoom.

If you need editing or help with self-publishing, check out dmbaranunland.com.

ARTISTS

If you need an artist for a project, I offer these recommendations.

NEWSLETTERS

Sign up for the Will County Go Guide and Sign up for the LocalLit Short Story and Book Review Newsletter at https://www.theherald-news.com/newsletter/

Sign up for The Munsonville Times by emailing us at bryonyseries@gmail.com. The newsletter still isn't official yet, so we don't have an actual link on the website - but we are working on it!

SOCIAL MEDIA

Daily updates: I do post the briefs 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 bertrand_bryonyseries.

BRYONYSERIES BOOKS

For books and more information about the series, visit bryonyseries.com.

BRYONYSERIES EVENTS

A full month of virtual events can be found at bryonyseries.com/calendar-of-events-1.

QUESTIONS

Email me at bryonyseries@gmail.com.

Thank you for reading The Herald-News. And for reading this blog. And if you've read (or plan to read) any of my books. Your support is greatly appreciated.

FEATURES

All the park’s a stage this Thursday through Sunday in Joliet: Free ‘Shakespeare and Art in the Park’ event comes to Bicentennial Park

It’s hard receiving a cancer diagnosis - even when you’re an oncology nurse: Former Frankfort resident Nicole Houlihan spent last year walking in the footsteps of her patients

Silver Cross chaplain blessed nurse’s hands during Nurses’ Week 2021: Barbara Manning accommodated nurses on all 6 floors on all 3 shifts in 2 1/2 days at the New Lenox hospital

LocalLit book preview: middle-aged in the 1970s, longing for the 1940s: Former NewLenox resident pays tribute to his father’s single-panel cartoons

And the book review:

Troy students participate in cardio drumming for fun and fitness: P.E. teacher used the activity with in-person and remote learning students

LocalLit book review: an examination of faith from all its angles: A review of New Lenox Writers Group anthology ‘Matters of Faith’ is not simply about the obvious meaning of the word

19 students at D. 86 in Joliet will receive $1,000 scholarships: Joliet Region Chamber of Commerce wants students to start planning for college

119 Lockport High School students named Illinois State Scholars

NROTC is giving #Plainfield student a ‘full-ride’ college scholarship: Brooke Anderson hopes to be a public affairs officer f:or the Marines one day

An Extraordinary Life: It will be hard to ‘fill the shoes’ of this Timbers of #Shorewood volunteer: ‘Her energy totally changed the mood of a room’