I belong to Military Writers Society of America. And if you are reading this blog, it's likely you do, too!
So, why do you belong?
I tell you why on my Sharing with Writers blog today. Please drop by so you can pat yourself on the back. And also so that you can see if you're utilizing all the benefits you're entitles, to!
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Blogged by Carolyn Howard-Johnson, author of the multi award-winning HowToDoItFrugally series of books for writers.
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Showing posts with label military writers society of america. Show all posts
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Thursday, April 29, 2010
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Sharing my Opinion-Editorial on Military.com
I'm honored that the prestigious Military.com news service recently ran an Op-ed I authored having to do with military members making the transition to civilian life. I focused a great deal on education and the importance it plays in a post-military career, especially a career in the security industry. While my Op-ed was not so much oriented to my writing, the wonderful people at Military.com were gracious to post a separate box with the article that contains my biography. My bio includes information about my writing and my background in the US Air Force. Military.com reaches an audience of 10 million, so this opportunity has been one of the best I've had so far in terms of getting my story out there.
Please visit the article here: New GI Bill is Key to a Successful Transition
Mike Angley
Award-Winning Author of the Child Finder Trilogy
www.childfinder.us
Please visit the article here: New GI Bill is Key to a Successful Transition
Mike Angley
Award-Winning Author of the Child Finder Trilogy
www.childfinder.us
Monday, February 16, 2009
Military Writers Society of America Award Winner Publishes for Mother's Day
Remembering Mothers a New Way
Award-winning Poets From Two Hemispheres Co-Author Chapbook
She Wore Emerald Then was conceived by Californian Carolyn Howard-Johnson and Aussie Magdalena Ball as an alternative to the cloying greeting cards usually available for mothers in card shops. In fact, originally it was to be a thoughtful digital upgrade for a card. It would be about the same price as a card but an entire chapbook full of poems.
That idea was influenced by the pair’s awareness that the Net was, in fact, what allowed them to meet and collaborate. But the chapbook turned out to be both digital (for greenies who want to save paper, postage and airline fuel) and a lovely to have-and-hold book for those who still have room in their hearts only for the real thing. And the book is still no more expensive than some of the fancier cards.
Howard-Johnson's first chapbook, Tracings (Finishing Line Press) was honored for excellence by the Military Writers Society of America and named to Compulsive Reader's Ten Best Reads. Her poetry has also been published in journals like Pear Noir, Montana State University's literary magazine, Writings from the River, Mt. St. Mary’s College journal Mary, The Pedestal magazine and in the soon-to-be released anthology by UCLA’s own Suzanne Lummis. She is the author of several other award-winning books. She is also an instructor for the UCLA Extension Writers' Program.
Ball’s novel Sleep Before Evening received unanimous 5-star reviews for its linguistic beauty and the intensity of its plot. She is also the author of an award-winning poetry chapbook Quark Soup, and a nonfiction book The Art of Assessment: How to Review Anything. Her website The Compulsive Reader, http://www.compulsivereader.com/html, has become a benchmark for high quality online literary criticism.
The two poets collaborated last year on a book of what Howard-Johnson calls "unsyrupy" poetry for Valentines Day. It is available at http://www.compulsivereader.com/html/images/cherishedpulse.htm
Artwork for She Wore Emerald Then is by May Lattanzio. She is a freelance writer/photographer, and author of Waltz on the Wild Side -- An Animal Lover's Journal and contributor to Native West's anthology Least Loved Beasts of the Really Wild West - A Tribute.
Learn more about Magdalena Ball at http://www.compulsivereader.com/html/images/MediaRoom.htm
Learn More about Carolyn Howard-Johnson at www.HowToDoItFrugally.com
Find a catalog of Lattanzio's writing at http://maylattanzio.blogspot.com and her photographs at http://www.jpgmag.com/people/may or http://www.thelensflare.com/u_may.php.
Find She Wore Emerald Then on Amazon at: http://www.amazon.com/She-Wore-Emerald-Then-Reflections/dp/1438263791/
Award-winning Poets From Two Hemispheres Co-Author Chapbook
She Wore Emerald Then was conceived by Californian Carolyn Howard-Johnson and Aussie Magdalena Ball as an alternative to the cloying greeting cards usually available for mothers in card shops. In fact, originally it was to be a thoughtful digital upgrade for a card. It would be about the same price as a card but an entire chapbook full of poems.
That idea was influenced by the pair’s awareness that the Net was, in fact, what allowed them to meet and collaborate. But the chapbook turned out to be both digital (for greenies who want to save paper, postage and airline fuel) and a lovely to have-and-hold book for those who still have room in their hearts only for the real thing. And the book is still no more expensive than some of the fancier cards.
Howard-Johnson's first chapbook, Tracings (Finishing Line Press) was honored for excellence by the Military Writers Society of America and named to Compulsive Reader's Ten Best Reads. Her poetry has also been published in journals like Pear Noir, Montana State University's literary magazine, Writings from the River, Mt. St. Mary’s College journal Mary, The Pedestal magazine and in the soon-to-be released anthology by UCLA’s own Suzanne Lummis. She is the author of several other award-winning books. She is also an instructor for the UCLA Extension Writers' Program.
Ball’s novel Sleep Before Evening received unanimous 5-star reviews for its linguistic beauty and the intensity of its plot. She is also the author of an award-winning poetry chapbook Quark Soup, and a nonfiction book The Art of Assessment: How to Review Anything. Her website The Compulsive Reader, http://www.compulsivereader.com/html, has become a benchmark for high quality online literary criticism.
The two poets collaborated last year on a book of what Howard-Johnson calls "unsyrupy" poetry for Valentines Day. It is available at http://www.compulsivereader.com/html/images/cherishedpulse.htm
Artwork for She Wore Emerald Then is by May Lattanzio. She is a freelance writer/photographer, and author of Waltz on the Wild Side -- An Animal Lover's Journal and contributor to Native West's anthology Least Loved Beasts of the Really Wild West - A Tribute.
Learn more about Magdalena Ball at http://www.compulsivereader.com/html/images/MediaRoom.htm
Learn More about Carolyn Howard-Johnson at www.HowToDoItFrugally.com
Find a catalog of Lattanzio's writing at http://maylattanzio.blogspot.com and her photographs at http://www.jpgmag.com/people/may or http://www.thelensflare.com/u_may.php.
Find She Wore Emerald Then on Amazon at: http://www.amazon.com/She-Wore-Emerald-Then-Reflections/dp/1438263791/
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Writers Shouldn't Know Their Place
I found a quotation that I thought particularly appropriate for writers. It by a writer, Richard Lacayo (Time Magazine). And it was written about a writer, Mark Twain. Here it is:
"The last thing you need in a free society is people who know their place."
Don't you love it? Lacayo goes on to say, "Twain knew that. It's one reason we know his place--and it up there very high."
Best,
Carolyn Howard-Johnson
Author of the Military Writers Society of America's award-winning Tracings, a chapbook of poetry. Available on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1599240173/
"The last thing you need in a free society is people who know their place."
Don't you love it? Lacayo goes on to say, "Twain knew that. It's one reason we know his place--and it up there very high."
Best,
Carolyn Howard-Johnson
Author of the Military Writers Society of America's award-winning Tracings, a chapbook of poetry. Available on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1599240173/
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