This piece was taken with permission from Susan Lewallen's Blog. Susan is an active member of our Creative Writing Group and is in the final stages of publishing her book Crossing Paths. Her story is taken from her 20+ years in Africa as a physician and mother.

We will have more from Susan as her publication date approaches.

I'm posting a couple of new poems from our Creative Writing Group. A new poem by Jean Abrahamson  Oasis of Peace and another by Pat Peckham titled Divided Dark Sky with an illustration.

We meet on alternative Wednesdays (Next meeting Aug 21) at the RB Library from 1PM - 3PM. Join us - we do a lot more than poetry.

Can we come together?

Several of our writers have been working on poetry. I hope you enjoy their work. Poetry in the current age can be anything that the writer identifies as a poem. Our writers have not tested the limits so far. More to follow (and some images when I learn how to insert them.) Ron

Here is a recent article published in the Alzheimer's Association of San Diego's Web site. Karen is a member of our Rancho Bernardo Writing Group. I hope you find this article interesting and informative and we will post part 2 and 3 when they are published. Author's permission to post this article has been granted.

Why You Should Use Active Verbs, not Passive Verbs

Active verbs are always going to give you better, more dynamic sentences in your fiction writing.

 

How to think like a detective and write with style