In addition to a supportive online community, A Word with You Press hosts Wednesday night get-togethers where authors read, critique, and celebrate their creativity (see Anti-Social Writers and Creative Misfits on Meetup). Wendy Joseph, a participant of these social anti-socials, offers up her two poems that interweave vivid imagery of [...]
O, literati, who has not entered an eating establishment and been fascinated with the table-side attentions of the person cheerfully awaiting our every request? Barbara Walker is poised to serve us a delectable bit of light fantasy, rife with romance and shamelessly titillating double entendre in her entry to our
A little touch of this, a pinch of that, and you have the makings of piquant mystery that’s especially delicious when you just know that someone is up to no good. Salvatore Buttaci submitted this 1500-word entry to our Waiting for Wisdom contest to educate us that not all diners–and not all waitresses–are made alike. [...]
O, literati! At long last, another post for our Waiting for Wisdom contest, this one from Terrie Leigh Relf, who brings us a 100-word entry from the dark side of the solar terminator. Please, kind readers, supply us with your constructive comments, and send in your entries before the extended deadline (April [...]
Someone loves us. . .too much: we were hacked again. But thanks to the wonder of technology and the attentive response of our Web site guru, Morgan, we are up and running, happy and healthy. So use the site’s search field with impunity. If you look us up on Google, you may see a notice [...]
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On March 30, Forbes posted a little article that you may find of interest about the future of book publishing. Much of this may be old news to our savvy readers; nonetheless, making the news in such a well-known financial publication may sway many who were not yet convinced that digital is the way of [...]
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UPDATE: We are back and healthy!
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If you are visiting our site to enjoy a little low gravitas, digital entertainment, then a security alert may just be the antithesis of what you were looking for. If you are imagining bells clanging and red flags waving right now, it’s all in your mind. [...]
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In the East Hell suburban enclave of Scrumptious Junction, you cannot wear a tutu while riding a scooter. If you’re male, that is. It’ll cause mayhem.
“I was just on my way to the Hello Kitty! shop to get a new pair of tights,” I told the arresting officer. “What’d I do?”
“You’re [...]
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In the East Hell suburban enclave of Scrumptious Junction, you cannot wear a tutu while riding a scooter. If you’re male, that is. It’ll cause mayhem.
“I was just on my way to the Hello Kitty! shop to get a new pair of tights,” I told the arresting officer. “What’d I do?”
“You’re [...]
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Good morning from the towers in Oceanside,
I was a little overwhelmed to see all your emails wondering if I had left the planet. Thank, you, all.
You are all teaching the meaning of love, and I can’t possibly tell you how grateful I am for this, to see your concern, to feel your concern [...]
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Barbara Walker defines for us one of the great “Aha!” moments of growing up in this 833-word reflection on early attempts to reach the pinnacle of her dreams. She is looking for feedback. Please offer your words of praise and wisdom. (This is not a contest entry–I mistakenly posted it as such earlier. My apologies!)
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The idea came to Professor Hanover Klingst in a singular moment during the Second Annual East Hell Mud Wrestling Marathon while observing the participants grappling and groping their way through a river of sepia slime.
“What is wrong with these people?” he mused out loud.
His assistant, RuPaul, overheard his question and replied. [...]
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Local Literati!
Victor Villasenor is our neighbor(his rancho is about a mile and a half from The Word) and friend to Kid Expression, our non-profit to help kids develop their own voice in the written word during an eight week program. At one of our fundraising events, held at his Hacienda, Victor told the [...]
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Ah, there you are! Come right in and grab a seat. Someone will be with you shortly.
Our current contest, Waiting for Wisdom invites each author to enter two flashes one hundred words each and two extended stories without word limit: www.awordwithyoupress.com/2012/03/06/announcing-a-nude-contest-waiting-for-wisdom/
Who knows when we will sit at the table [...]
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Well literati!
The pleasures of life vary from palate to palate. One man’s tofu is another man’s purging device.
Our latest contest, Waiting for Wisdom invites each author to enter two flashes one hundred words each and two extended stories without word limit – take a look at the menu here for details : [...]
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Greetings literati, wherever you are.
Let’s not make a meal out of it…then again, let’s.
Our contest, Waiting for Wisdom invites each author to enter two flashes one hundred words each and two extended stories without word limit. Uncle Thorn has led the trail of breadcrumbs here: www.awordwithyoupress.com/2012/03/06/announcing-a-nude-contest-waiting-for-wisdom/)
Waitresses are [...]
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Literati!
I knew that eventually we would find a waitress not intent on homicide.
Our contest, Waiting for Wisdom invites each author to enter two flashes one hundred words each and two extended stories without word limit (there was some confusion about the limit, so I reworked the initial rules to lift the word limit [...]
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Literati!
Usually, when I am appealing, I am appealing a judgment rendered against me. But in this case, Barbara Keeling is simply, well, appealing, as is this wonderful story she’d like to share with us, as a featured posting. I do hope you will all post comments,(and I can guess who will be first to [...]
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Literati
As promised, I will be posting a few stories that have been submitted outside the scope of our contests, that authors are sending in purely to get feedback. Just a reminder, we at The Word are not censors; we’re editors. And we are judges as well, but only of contests where we (moi) have [...]
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Literati
We (moi) are not just another pretty face and a chance to win a contest. A Word with You Press is also an open forum to let you express yourself in the written word. Just send me what you would like posted as a separate word attachment to thorn@awordwithyoupress.com, as Kyle Katz has done, [...]
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