The beauty of being a writer is that you get paid for doing what you love to do... well, not much and maybe, but sometimes! Yes, I love to write and some day I'll get paid for my novels and short stories, but I also love to walk in the woods, communing with nature. So, I've … Continue reading Get Paid to Exercise
Month: June 2013
A Walk in the Woods
Early June sunshine and pleasant temperatures brought people out to the Hickory Creek forest preserve walking path. Many bicyclists zoomed past and didn’t stop to chat or sample the strawberries just beginning to ripen in the sunny fields. Dog walkers and joggers nodded or smiled, but didn't stop either. Everyone had their their job to … Continue reading A Walk in the Woods
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How to Prepare for an Authors’ Panel
I thought I’d be more nervous and get all tongue tied for my first speaking engagement, but I did okay. Our critique group, Southland Scribes, was invited by Oak Forest’s Acorn Library to speak about our books and the writing process. My first book, Rim to Rim, will launch later this year, so I figured I’d better … Continue reading How to Prepare for an Authors’ Panel
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Wild Food – Ramps. What’s a Ramp?
In early April the woods behind my house look dead and hopeless. I wait for the day when a patch of brave lime-green leaves poke through the damp forest floor to signal life amid the ugliness. I thought perhaps they were a non-flowering variety of lily-of-the-valley until a fellow hiker on Manitou Island pointed out … Continue reading Wild Food – Ramps. What’s a Ramp?
Jeanne Meeks ~ Fiction Author 