Monthly Archives: March 2009

Old Recipes make me hungry

Posted on March 30, 2009 by veldabrotherton

I saw a cartoon this morning in the newspaper. The gist of it was that the stores need something to urge women to shop for raw food instead of prepared food. One of the young women was aghast that anyone … Continue reading →

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A writer not a computer expert

Posted on March 23, 2009 by veldabrotherton

If I had two clones, perhaps I could learn to do all the things a writer needs to do to be an expert , but as it is it’s just me. And the older I get, the less of me … Continue reading →

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Holding a Writer’s Conference

Posted on March 16, 2009 by veldabrotherton

Saturday our Northwest Arkansas Writer’s Workshop critique group held a free writer’s conference in Fayetteville. We were hosted by the kind folks at Ozarks Electric in their community room. It was filled to capacity by some 80 writers, some of … Continue reading →

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Book Festival

Posted on March 9, 2009 by veldabrotherton

Sunday we returned from the Border Queen Book Festival in Comanche, Oklahoma. It was pleased to learn that the name of the book festival was taken from the history of Comanche. It seems that the town was once known as … Continue reading →

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Electronic age better than a pencil?

Posted on March 2, 2009 by veldabrotherton

Recently I’ve pondered the computer age with a great deal of doubt. Back in the good old days when I began to write, a pencil, a knife and a tablet of paper sufficed. The knife? Oh, it wasn’t for stabbing … Continue reading →