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Four stories in 20 minutes: Piano Man

MaryAnn CipressyMay 5, 2024
Four stories in 20 minutes! At the April meeting of Gulf Coast Writers, everyone was talking at once. Amazingly, the result was not chaos.  Four teams of writers collaborated to ... Continue reading ...

Four stories in 20 minutes: “Eleanor Rigby” the story

MaryAnn CipressyMay 3, 2024
Four stories in 20 minutes! At the April meeting of Gulf Coast Writers, everyone was talking at once. Amazingly, the result was not chaos.  Four teams of writers collaborated to ... Continue reading ...

Four stories in 20 minutes: “Copacabana” the story

MaryAnn CipressyMay 3, 2024
Four stories in 20 minutes! At the April meeting of Gulf Coast Writers, everyone was talking at once. Amazingly, the result was not chaos.  Four teams of writers collaborated to ... Continue reading ...

Four stories in 20 minutes: Bad, Bad…” story

MaryAnn CipressyMay 3, 2024
Four stories in 20 minutes! At the April meeting of Gulf Coast Writers, everyone was talking at once. Amazingly, the result was not chaos.  Four teams of writers collaborated to ... Continue reading ...

The Way Cancer Has Shaped Me

MaryAnn CipressyMarch 7, 2024
By Brian Sluga Looking back on my experience with testicular cancer at a young age, I realize that cancer didn’t define me — it helped shape me. Illustration of a ... Continue reading ...

Imposter in the Woods by Lori Goshert

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See Lori’s blog. Imposter in the Woods by Lori Goshert The call of a cardinal echoes through the trees. A brown anole skitters up a palm trunk, pausing to listen ... Continue reading ...

Declaration of Interdependence — Joe Pacheco

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For the people of Ukraine: Declaration of Interdependence On this day of celebrating independence, I declare interdependence a new truth to be held self-evident, humanity created free, interdependent on each ... Continue reading ...

Author’s Bakers-Dozen Marketing Points

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The Author’s Bakers-Dozen Marketing Points By Jan Nieman  Always carry your book with you. Even at the gym, someone will ask, “What do you do?” and as you flash your ... Continue reading ...

The Viking Funeral by Mary Charles

Avatar for Gulf Coast Writers AssociationGulf Coast Writers AssociationAugust 8, 2021
The Viking Funeral by Mary Charles In an era long ago when the captain of a Viking ship died, his family and ship’s crew would place the captain in his ... Continue reading ...

A Poem by Joe Pacheco

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Poem Begun For Marjorie On 2-11- 87 From neither the brightest Nor the warmest Nor the tallest Or even the sharpest Not certainly From one coming on Still strong still ... Continue reading ...

Bob McCarthy Article Posted Online

Avatar for Gulf Coast Writers AssociationGulf Coast Writers AssociationJune 4, 2021
Bob McCarthy has an article, Adams Street, Springfield, Ma, featured on New England Memories. ... Continue reading ...

FOR MARJORIE AT SEVENTY-NINE — Poetry by Joe Pacheco

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FOR MARJORIE AT SEVENTY-NINE (Inspired by Janis Ian) No truth to learn at seventy-nine Except that living on is fine. So many friends now turned to dust, Their camaraderie once ... Continue reading ...

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