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Coffee Shop Chronicles – the third cover design

by derek on September 3, 2010

in Events, Announcements, Tours, Seminars,The Coffee Shop Chronicles

Ed continues to surprise us with different interpretations of our ideas. And boy do we have a lot of ideas. We’ll announce the chosen cover design soon, so we can gambol further along the road to production. Maybe we’ll write a book in the future entitled The Road Less Gamboled – even though that word [...]

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Coffee Shop Chronicles – the second cover design

September 2, 2010

Here’s the second of four cover designs from Ed. Let us know what you think, what you feel and generally in which direction your aura gyrates. Two more cover designs to follow over consecutive days.

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Finding Forrester? What about MEETING MIRYAM?

September 2, 2010

Hi Folks! One of our most prolific commentators on the blog and contestant in all our contests loves us so much she and her husband are driving down from the Canadian border with their way kuhl Airstream retro trailer for Labor Day Weekened. Her express desire is to meet as many of you in the [...]

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Here is what we are all about–you and us

September 2, 2010

Without further explanation, I am cutting and pasting three e-mails, without the consent or knowledge of the authors.  Sue me! From: Monika Spykerman To: peggy dobbs Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 9:34 PM Subject: Your story for A Dish Called Wanda Dear Peggy, You might want to visit A Word with You Press this evening [...]

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One Nation, Under Blog: As summer turns to autumn and not the fall

September 2, 2010

When I think back to my times past in the US, the weather also seemed to be a major feature. Whether it was the 25 below zero of Wisconsin or the sultry heat of Manhattan or the blazing brilliance of a Nevada sunset, nature provided a tuning fork hum and my life seemed to vibrate [...]

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Coffee Shop Chronicles – the first cover design

September 2, 2010

Here’s the first cover design folks, lovingly crafted by Ed. We look forward to reading your comments, observations and creative potpourri. We’ll post the other designs over the next few days and let you know which one we’re going with. Have a great and creative day.

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Coffee Shop Chronicled

September 1, 2010

Well folks, let the trumpets be silenced and a hush fall upon the audience. The curtain raises and a scroll of names – in no particular order – unravels from the ceiling. As the late, great Max Miller used to say: “You lucky people!” This is the list of writers who have an entry in [...]

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The Winning “Wanda”

September 1, 2010

A Dish Called “Wanda” – another interesting, creativity-provoking contest from A Word with You Press – produced a panoply of powerful, pleasing and peculiar posts, and sometimes all three.  Readers were introduced to (among other things) a ghost, a sea monster, a soldier, a foodie, a cowboy, a satellite dish, a gambler, and some pretty [...]

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Piano Tuning

August 31, 2010

Gather round our virtual campfire so I can tell you a story. It’s a tale of honesty and struggle and, ultimately, a happy ending. By the way, has anyone got any marshmallows? Okay, once upon a time, a man had a great idea – to build an incredibly creative community of writers and artists and [...]

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Victor’s Cat

August 30, 2010

‘Victor’s Cat; The Victor’ is a dark tale from Russell Shor (not dark as in the colour, you know, dark as in ‘Oooo what’s gonna happen?!). This is another one which makes the boys clutch their tails- box lids are definately a bad idea! ***** That damn bristly cat kept Rene locked in an evil [...]

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