Barbara Cooper love her commitment!.

After some publicity Ninety-six-year-old LA blogger Barbara Cooper found her Fall In Love for Life making online bestseller lists. I figured anyone who is 96 years old should get a kudo, even if they haven’t written a children book. Copied from "Writing and Illustrating" blog of Kathy Temean.

Author K.D. McCrite, coming to Mountain Home, AR

 

 

 

Author K.D. McCrite, will be speaking at the Creative Writers & Illustrators meeting Saturday, March 23, 1 p.m., at Baxter County Library

The public is invited to hear K.D. share her writing experiences. She will have books for sale & signing. Besides her adult novels, she is the author of the teen series; The Confessions of April Grace. 

For information call 431-5369

Marsha Arnold -PRANCING DANCING LILY

Mary, I'd so appreciate your sharing with all your Midwestern friends and social media contacts about my new storybook app PRANCING DANCING LILY. Remember Lily, inspired by my father's Kansas dairy herd? 

 

If you download, would so love a cheery review with lots of sparkly stars. :) t is evidently really important the first week.

 

Here are links to trailer and iTunes, Googleplay, and Amazon (it's for iPad, iPhone, IPod Touch, Kindle Fire, Kindle HD devices, Android):

 

The easiest link is for trailer and links is: http://bit.ly/YduBtl

The direct iPad link is: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/prancing-dancing-lily/id586489276?mt=8

Prancing, Dancing Lily is an interactive children's storybook app about a spirited cow who doesn’t fit in with the herd. She’d rather kick up her heels, so leaves the farm in search of her perfect dance.  Follow Lily around the world, from New York City to Spain to Senegal. Learn new dances, a bit of geography, and make new friends around the globe.

Thank you so much,

 

In Joy,

Marsha Diane Arnold
www.marshadianearnold.com

Storymagician at Twitter

Storymagician at Facebook

Prancing Dancing Lily storybook app 

now dancing on iTunes, Googleplay, & Amazon

Pictures by John Manders



 

 

TWIN LAKES AREA WRITERS

TWIN LAKES AREA WRITERS

      Saturday, February 9, 10:30 a.m., children’s author/illustrator Matt Norcross

will be sharing his new book Grayface at the Baxter County Library. Sponsored
by the Friends of the Library http://www.baxlib.org

   Baxter County Poets Association meets

 1-2:30 the last Friday of each month at the Donald W. Reynolds Library, for

information call Debra Dail at 499-4397 or dails@centurytel.net

    The Twin Lakes Writers who meet at the Donald W.  Reynolds Library the

first Saturday each month 1-3 p.m., will be changing their name to
 “Creative Writers & Illustrators.”
     Retired and non-retired creative writing teachers, English teachers, teen writers,
artist/illustrators and the public who are interested in all genres of writing are welcome
 to come, ask questions and share and grow with friends who support your goals.  
     Future DVD Programs:  The Great Courses: Building Great Sentences: Exploring the
Writer’s Craft by Professor of English Brooks Landon – The University of Iowa and
 Analysis and Critique: How to Engage and Writer about Anything by Professor Dorsey
Armstrong - Purdue University.  For more information email marynida@suddenlink.net

     Twin Lakes Writers meet February 9th 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., the Second Saturday of

each month at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Hall 401 E. 9th Street (Highway 5
and College) Mountain Home, AR http://twinlakeswriters.org

     Bull Shoals Writers Group meets the second Thursday each month 2 p.m., in the

building back of the Bull Shoals Library. For more information call Bob Harper at 870-445-4750

    The Free Verse Poetry Group meets the third Saturday each month at 1 a.m., at the

Donald W. Reynolds Library. The group is planning to create a CD of members reading two
of his/her poems. For information call Diane Stefan 870-491-5502 or jdstefan@hotmail.com

   Check with Blackbird café at the library for their next open mic and while you are there have a bite to eat - you will enjoy. I love it.

    Ozarks Writers League meets February 16^th at The College of the Ozarks.

Their website is http://ozarkswritersleague.org

 

 

 

TWIN LAKES WRITERS, MOUNTAIN HOME, ARKANSAS

I, Mary Nida Smith, Founder (March 1998) of Twin Lakes Writers will be the President as of January 2013. We will be meeting at the Baxter County Library. The schedule is below.


Room Knox A
January- Saturday 5th 1-3 p.m.
February – Saturday 2nd 1-3 p.m.
March – Saturday 2nd 1-3 p.m.

April – Tuesday 23rd 10—noon Brunch and meeting Room Knox B

Knox A
May – Saturday 25th -1-3 p.m.
June - Saturday 1st -1-3 p.m.
July – Saturday 6th – 1-3 p.m.
August - Saturday 3rd – 1-3 p.m.
September – Saturday 7th – 1-3 p.m.
October – Saturday 5th – 1-3 p.m.

Knox B
November – Saturday 9th – 1-3 p.m.
December - Saturday 7thst – 1-3 p.m.

I know it is difficult to meet each writers needs and it is difficult for each one to attend all meetings.
 I and the Baxter County Library have tried our best to meet the need of our area writers.
Check library events calendar at http://www.baxlib.org

Information email marynida@suddenlink.net or call 870-431-5369

Put Your Ideas on Paper, Don't Continue to Dream.

Since “facebook” has come into each one of our lives do you feel your writings, blogging and keeping up your website last slowed down – I do. Facebook is good for a short note to connect with your fans, people with the same interest and family. But, do we get too involve trying to fill an hour or two of lonely space when we should be writing? How many articles or books would you have started or finished if you had stayed off the internet? Oh, I am sooo guilty. I do continue to write my monthly column, "Twin Lakes Area Writers" for the Ozark Regional Arts Council's newsletter.


I feel blog posting is important, very important to promote yourself and your products (writing, books or other creative forms). Interweave some of your personal interest; I love to garden, draw and photograph nature. Continuously writing blog post, books, or articles in my head does no one any good, most of all me. It causes me to feel I am failing as a writer and I know keeping up a blog does jump start my writing. I love to write, but distraction can slow me down to a snail’s pace. I have several children fiction book manuscripts finished and a few nonfiction books outlined to include photographs.

Kids Magazine (ezine) Writers, edited by Jan Field closed. I wrote an article on how important blogging was for her last issue. I just discovered author Evelyn B. Christensen
(http://evelynchristensen.com) is continuing to provide information on magazines that
have closed and submission guidelines to ones that are open.

I spoke on the basics of creating a blog and how it can promote you and your work Wednesday, November 7th at The Spring River Branch of the League of American pen Women. President, C J Clark and members made me feel at home and I enjoyed hearing what has been happening in their lives. On Saturday, November 17, at the Twin Lakes Writers, I will be speaking beyond the basics of having a blog, including connects I have made by starting a blog before my first book was release. I hope a few of the writers will find this useful.

Ideas? My head is full of them, one after the other, but they serve no purpose there. They must be put down on paper, one after the other. - Camilo Jose Cela

Local Authors Book Sale and Signing

My apologies. If you tried to register and couldn’t because you didn’t have a Library card, you’ll now be able register without one. The form has been updated. Have a great day!


From: Kathe [mailto:kathe.a@baxtercountylibrary.org]

Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2012 12:19 PM

To: kathe.a@baxlib.org

Subject: Invitation to local author book sale

Hello author!
Registration has begun for December’s event.
Local Author Book Sale & Signing Event

The Library will showcase local authors at this holiday book sale and signing event. Meet neighbors who are authors over a cup of hot spiced cider and have them autograph your purchases. Books make great gifts, so shop locally and support talented local authors!

Date: Sunday Dec 2, 2012
Time: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Contact: Kathe Altazan 870-580-0987 x 2975 kathe.a@baxlib.org

Location: Knox Community Room A&B Combined
If you are a published author, please register for booth space during November by clicking on the following link.
Space will be available on a 1st come 1st served basis.
http://www.eventkeeper.com/code/events.cfm?curOrg=BAXTER&curkey2=authors

Halloween Gate

      Photo (c) by Mary Nida Smith

Beware of mind games people play.

I wish Halloween would go back to it's roots

when it celebrated the Bible Saints - All Saints Day.

Dr. Brooks Blevins and the Library

Sunday October 7th  I attended Baxter County Library Lincoln (The Constitution and the Civil War) Special Exhibit Sept 25-Nov 9 to hear Dr. Brooks Blevins speak on life and times in the Ozarks. He has several books:  Ghost of the Ozarks, Arkansas/Arkansaw:How Bear Hunters, Hillbillies, and Good Ol' Boys Defined a State and HillFolks: A History of Arkansas Ozarkers and Their Image. http://www.press.uillinois.edu  Check at the library and Gaston's Visitors Center/Bull Shoals

I won a door prize the book - Mr. Lincoln's Camera Man, Mathew B. Brady.

Saturday Oct 6th attended Midway Baptist Church ladies Ministry - Refreshments and speaker.

FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY AND ART

Friends of the Library meet Sept 26, !:30 P.m., with guest speaker Reference Librarian Vincent Anderson on: Lincoln and the Civil War. Vincent is a very interesting speaker. FOL is celebrating a birthday with a cake - join us for fun & refreshments.

I am slowly organizing my studio and art room(guest bedroom). I am going through boxes of frames, art paper, supplies, drawings and paintings. So much stuff and I sold a lot when I thought I would never draw or paint again. I haven't been painting or involved with art guilds since I moved from Siloam Springs 1998) where I was the president of Siloam Springs Artist Guild, involved with Sager Creek Art Center and Harvard Avenue Baptist Church Art Ministry. I still may never get a chance to paint -who knows what tomorrow will bring. Don't get me wrong I am still writing.

I found my lost post.

What Happened?

I spent time writing an updated blog and in the blink of my eyes it disappeared. I'll try again later.
Have a quiet evening.

Watch for New Email

Please hold all emails to marynida@suddenlink.net until you are provided with a new email address. If needed phone 870-431-5369 or leave a message on Facebook. Thank you.

Watching God's Creatures.

I wanted to place photos on my blog like I use to and now can't -WHY?

Chicago, Photographs,Arts Council and Story Book Chair

It feels strange to be back. The trip to Chicago and area was very

special. It has been a busy couple of months.

I have been busy uploading my Kodak photo albums to Shutterfly

over 500 albums. I wish I could limit how many photos I take,

I see beauty and wonderment in every little or big thing I see.



I had problems with my computer, mostly my email password

and I still do. My server said it wasn’t their fault so I had a local

computer man come out who said I had a virus where I needed

all my files cleaned. So while he went on a trip I took it to Staples

where they checked it out to be okay and they added some memory.

I do know I need to get a new one soon.



Check out the updated Ozark Regional Arts Council website http://www.ozarkregionalartscouncil.org and read their newsletter.

I write “Twin Lakes Area Writers,” a monthly column promoting

writers groups from Hardy, Mountain View to Harrison, Arkansas

and from Ava, West Plains, Gainesville, Missouri to Mountain Home.

I joined for $25. Each club member pays a dollar. If you belong to a

photography club or any other club, please join and support the

creative people in your area.



The Princess Paisley Story Book Chair created by Carole T. Jones &

Dorothy Anderson, two very talented members of the Palette Art

League at Yellville will be up for bids in August to help raise funds for

the Gamma House in Mountain Home, AR. I am crazy the chair. I will

soon be announcing the release of Carole’s colored illustrated kids

cookbook. Illustrations are of animals cooking or eating and it includes

coloring pages for kids to enjoy. To see the chair visit my facebook.
I can't find the insert on this updated Blogger.com

I can't post. Why?

Why can't I post?

Helpful Books for Writers

Two books that can help you as a writer:

• The Writer's Guide to Queries, Pitches & Proposals by Moirs Allen
• THE RIGHT WAY TO WRITE, PUBLISH AND SELL YOUR BOOK Your Complete guide to Successful Authorship by Patricia L. Fry

Is this Bragging or Promoting

Is this Bragging or Promoting? It is difficult to write up my own bio - I feel silly - like bragging as a child when my mother said it was a "no-no." I wrote my first long bio.  I have been involved in many creative areas. If I thought I had a chance I entered/submitted a foot in the door and sometimes it was only a toe. Sometimes I was paid and some not. Everything I tried I learned from that experience.  At workshops, retreats and conferences, they stress you must promote yourself - get your name out there.

If you allow people to make more withdrawls than deposits in your life, you will be out of balance in the negative. Know when to close the account - Christie Williams.

Missy Ann's Card

The bottom of this card did not show. It has a pedestal. My granddaughter Missy showers me with beautiful hand crafted cards from PAPYRUS  for she knows I love them. Thanks Missy Ann, I love it.

ART ODYSSEY

Art Odyessy tour May 17-18-19, Mountain Home, Arkansas and surrounding area artisans studio tour. The Ozark Regional Arts Council newsletter -Regional Arts Gazette (RAG) will be out next week. The updates and news about authors/writers in North Central Arkansas and South Central Missouri will be part of the newsletter. So, authors/writers please keep me updated with your news. Exciting creative adventures are happening in this area and I am over-joyed.

CHILDREN'S BOOK WEEK

CHILDREN'S BOOK WEEK.
Please support the authors in your local area at bookstores, libraries, and their signings. Purchase a book
for a child and watch their eyes light up and a big smile fill their face. Children's books are fun to read - ask an adult for they have always loved children's books.

Established in 1919, Children's Book Week is the longest-running literacy initiative


in the country. Each year, books for young people and the joy of reading are feted

for a full week with author and illustrator appearances, storytelling, parties,

and other book-related events at schools, libraries, bookstores, museums, and homes

from coast to coast!



That Bookstore In Blytheville will have several events celebrating CBW, including

author appearances, book readings, and give aways. Come down and help us spread

the joy of reading to our local youth!



Sincerely,

Mary Gay Shipley

That Bookstore in Blytheville