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The Autobiography Of An Ex-Colored Man

The Autobiography Of 

An Ex-Colored Man

By James Weldon Johnson

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11012

A Banana Grower

A Banana Grower

While visiting a small village along the Thai-Myanmar border province of Kanchanaburi, Thongdee helped a Karen man from going to jail. The acquitted man gave him a big plot of land. The man helped him plant bananas. The plantation was successful; he quit his job and became a banana grower.

(Janpha Thadphoothon)

 

A mini saga. 50 words or less fiction stories. 

Religion Writers

The Writer's Digest Guide to Journalism

https://writersdigestshop.com/collections/all-products/products/the-writers-digest-guide-to-journalism-digital-guide

Easy Blackout Poem

An Act Of Kindness

An Act Of Kindness 

In a far off galaxy, on the third dwarf planet in a binary star system, on a large mountainside, in a small village square, Eli, a humble carpenter, mended a broken cart wheel. 

A cloaked figure approached. Earlier, he had calmed a rearing horse, helping the distressed rider—a graceful woman. That woman returned and revealed herself as the princess.

“Eli,” she said, her gown shimmering, “I owe you my life.”

Stunned, he replied, “Your Highness, it was nothing.”

With a smile, she offered him a job in the royal palace. “Your talent deserves recognition.”

His heart racing, Eli looked up at her, knowing this simple act of kindness could change everything. “I humbly accept,” he said, a spark of hope igniting within him.

By LLaMA and John Edson

Quick Zine Idea

Quick Tips To Write A Poem

Mini Saga

 

Mini sagas are also known as flash fiction. 

“A Mini saga is a very short story. It is limited to only 50 words, no more no less. A good mini saga should be interesting.”*

* https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Creative_Writing/Mini_Sagas

Mother To Son Analysis

English Grammar Question

Why is English Grammar so hard? I get it. Oops. Don’t end a sentence with “it.” Oops, I did it again. And another thing. Wait, cannot begin a sentence with “and.”

Oh boy. Taking a break before the Grammar police start correcting me for something that they know and assume that everyone else should know.

John Edson

I Can See

Kobo Free Ebooks

Here’s where to get free eBooks to download from Kobo.

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Literary Analysis of Three Little Pigs

Crowdfund A Book?

Your Book To An Online Course

A course by Writer’s Digest. 

“Media coach for writers Paula Rizzo share 5 steps for turning your book into an online course.”

https://www.writersdigest.com/getting-published/media-savvy-author-turning-your-book-into-an-online-course

Creating A Calendar

Write 5 Minutes A Day

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NewsByte has an article that gives four benefits as to why we should write five minutes a day. 

https://www.newsbytesapp.com/news/lifestyle/daily-five-minute-writing-for-mental-clarity/story

Authors Using AI?

Montecito

https://soapoperanews.net/2025/04/08/montecito-new-audio-soap-coming/

Author Kiese Laymon

8 Mistakes

https://www.writersdigest.com/getting-published/

Easy Photo Zine Steps

Free Preset by @mattyloucas

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Coffee Break Collection Audio

“This is a collection of short (15 minute or less readings) stories suitable for a coffee break at work or a short commuter ride. Emphasis for this collection is Humor in various genres -- fiction and non-fiction. (Summary by BellonaTimes)”

https://librivox.org/coffee-break-collection-vol-001/

A Heartfelt Apology

Microfiction.

In a heartfelt moment, Beauregard apologized profusely to his friend, Albert, for his ignorant racist remark last night. Recognizing the deep pain his careless words had caused, Beauregard's remorse was genuine as he vowed never to forget the responsibility his speech held. 

Albert, though hurt, listened patiently, recognizing that apologies require courage and growth. That evening deeply resonated with Beauregard's soul, urging him to educate himself continuously about racism. 

In that quiet moment, two friends embarked on a journey of healing and understanding, forever changed by honesty and redemption. They walked forward together, committed to a future defined by empathy.

Title and story by AI - o3-mini

Podcast - Catering For The Christian Market

Submissions For Literary Magazines

https://www.everywritersresource.com

Artistic Zine

George Moses Horton

George Moses Horton (c. 1798–after 1867), was an African-American poet from North Carolina who was enslaved until Union troops, carrying the Emancipation Proclamation, reached North Carolina (1865). Horton is the first African-American author to be published in the United States. (Phillis Wheatley's poetry was published earlier, in the United Kingdom.) He is author of the first book of literature published in North Carolina and was known as the "Slave Poet".

Horton began an interest in learning to read and write by listening to the Bible read aloud and the hymns he heard. He learned to read and write based on what he was hearing during revival meetings (which were mainly the Bible), calling them his "reading lessons." Horton began compiling pieces based on the verses that he remembered from the King James Version of the Bible.

Around 1817, Horton began making the approximately 10 mile (16 km) trip north to Chapel Hill in order to sell fruits and farm products for his master. Here, Horton took his ability for composing to write love poems for the University of North Carolina students, selling them for 25 cents or more. *

*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Moses_Horton

5 Ways To Overcome Imposter Syndrome?

Kindle Vella Basics - Spring 2024 Changes!

Rhetoric And Poetry

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How The Magazine Publishing Process Works

Handwriting

Why writing by hand beats typing for thinking and learning

MAY 11, 20247:00 AM ET

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/05/11/1250529661/handwriting-cursive-typing-schools-learning-brain