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th put you and your work out there enter contests do book festivals and expos submit for publication give book talks posted in authors books fiction writing international book awards national indie excellence awards personal essay reading short story tagged books creek songs a short story collection giving a book talk inspiration personal essay preparing a book talk short story writing 8 comments newspaper article about creek songs posted on september 19 2022 by cmwriter the local newspaper of the palm springs coachella valley area is the desert sun on sunday september 18 2022 creek song s and i were honored to be the subject of an article in the arts and culture section written by reporter joanne hardy below is the link to the article https www desertsun com story life 2022 09 18 creek songs la quinta author carol mann garners accolades 10367590002 fbclid iwar03plmj 8owmj9o6ibgy6hlnxao0ktw7wkhoaudd9l9bnqb9raws8c64sc posted in books books and e books creativity e books fiction writing finding ideas the creative process inspiration international book awards looking for inspiration national indie excellence awards personal essay reading short story writing tagged author carol mann books creek songs reading short story short story collection writing 7 comments good news posted on june 10 2022 by cmwriter i m happy to announce that creek songs has been named a national indie excellence awards finalist in the fiction short story category posted in books fiction writing national indie excellence awards reading short story writing tagged creativity creek songs by carol mann national indie excellence awards finalist reading short story writing leave a comment international book awards posted on june 5 2022 by cmwriter i m happy and honored and humbled to announce that my short story collection creek songs has been recognized as a finalist in the fiction short story category of the 2022 international book awards there were thousands of entries from all over the world for the various categories exciting times http www internationalbookawards com wishing congratulations to winner linda feyder and to the other finalists in the short story category fiction short story winner all s fair and other california stories by linda feyder she writes press finalist creek songs by carol mann aquazebra book publishing finalist jinwar and other stories by alex poppe cune press finalist pigeon soup other stories by rosanna micelotta battigelli inanna publications and education inc finalist the cupid chronicles by dennis copelan apricot springs publishing finalist the sleep of apples stories by ami sands brodoff inanna publications finalist whatever happens probably will stories by john w maciltroy short story america finalists are in alphabetical order not by merit on june 16th i will be at the cathedral city library with my fellow authors rachel druten and joanne hardy to do an all about books presentation congratulations to all the winners and finalists in all the categories posted in authors books fiction writing international book awards reading short story writing tagged 2022 international book awards aquazebra book publishing book awards carol mann author creek songs by carol mann finalist for international book awards international book awards short story short story collection short story collection winner 4 comments a brief interruption goes live posted on may 23 2022 by cmwriter the palm springs writers guild hosted its member appreciation event recently featuring readings books for sale food and fun mellow jazz played in the background as members and guests mingled browsed the book offerings and noshed on self serve goodies and drinks after a welcome by the guild s president a board member emceed the afternoon creatively organized with readings q a and breaks for food and more mingling eleven authors read from children s stories to poetry to excerpts from novels short stories and memoirs the gamut of genre possibilities the webmaster videoed the event in this video excerpt i m reading the opening scene of a brief interruption one of the short stories in creek songs if you have the book the story s on page 197 i lived in the los feliz district where the story takes place i loved the area s diversity its people foods cultures and languages the district also had its problems with petty crime and sadly major crime that alarmed the nation posted in fiction writing reading short story writing tagged author carol mann door locks los feliz district murphy bed peeping tom short story short story collection studio apartment writing leave a comment writing about art posted on may 21 2022 by cmwriter a painting can inspire a writer to paint with words this word painting could be a poem a piece of flash fiction a short story or perhaps even a novella or novel a painting by artist marlis gray brought about this piece of flash fiction of approximately 350 words chopin s conversation with a harp chopin enters his music salon mulling a motif he strolls to his beloved grand he deigns to play no other instrument neither string nor woodwind nor brass nor other percussion only the piano and only his master crafted pleyel grand it responds to his touch his emotions his musical poesy with a note progression settling in his mind he walks by the golden harp in place for the evening s salon and sits before the piano keyboard as he prepares to settle his fingers upon the keys a female voice breaks the silence maestro chopin please play me one of your creations would be so beautiful coming from my strings chopin looks about sees no one and resumes his intent oh maestro chopin please play me who is speaking he asks i have no time for foolishness curious he walks about the room to see from where this woman s voice emanates but no one lurks behind the arches or colonnades chopin coughs then coughs again he wonders is this yet another hallucination have i taken too much laudanum to gain comfort from my coughing disease it is i speaking the golden harp how can that be so chopin mystified eases toward the harp he runs his palm along its crown down to its shoulder he notes the tuning pins examines the soundboard sees the placement of the pedal he touches the strings although i know you play no other instrument the harp pleads please try me bemused chopin pushes the piano bench into position by the harp sits tilts the body of the harp between his legs and rests its shoulder on his this is all very intriguing he says but how can i play a harp i don t know how nor do i wish to learn the piano emotes under my touch i am the piano s poet ease your fingers onto my strings i will do the rest chopin does so his fingers begin to move at first startled he realizes he is playing his yet unwritten composition the harp sings his newest etude he is enraptured painting by artist marlis gray posted in creativity fiction writing finding ideas the creative process flash fiction inspiration looking for inspiration reading short story writing tagged baby grand chopin coughing disease etude flash fiction hallucination harp laudanum music music salon musical instrument percussion pleyel baby grand 8 comments writing about a piece of art posted on may 19 2022 by cmwriter the hummingbird in this painting by artist joann fallstone becomes a metaphor for the writing of a piece of prose poetry art can inspire words onto paper adding another layer of meaning to the story the painting already portrays the poet within by carol mann a prose poem my inner poet is an exquisite hummingbird darting from flower to flower from sip to sip savoring at long last the nectar of a solitary bloom she lingers swoops away returns ready to play with a poetic line but the words flit and quiver fluttering amid scribbles and erasures over time phrases emerge shiny and luminescent to reveal a white rose s perfumed scent the aroma of fresh lemons the forlorn oboe of peter and the wolf a lover s touch she flies seeking multi hued buds of perception to discover flowers of truth and beauty painting by joann fallstone posted in creativity finding ideas the creative process inspiration looking for inspiration poetry reading writing tagged fuchsia flowers hummingbirds inspiration from a piece of art poetic line poetry prose poetry writing about a piece of art 4 comments creek songs posted on may 6 2022 by cmwriter creek songs my short story collection available on amazon books will soon be available on kindle i love writing short stories bringing a character s moment in time to fruition or maybe not short stories are great reads for a moment of relaxation and or escape are time friendly and mood friendly others think so too comments are coming in and are always appreciated here s a review posted on the creek songs amazon page each and every story in carol mann s debut collection is at once delightful and profound showing the deft hand of a writer at the top of her craft some of these stories explore loss or regret many are brightened with humor and all are generous with a deep understanding of the human spirit the 26 narratives contained in this volume are mostly fiction while several could be described as essays or memoir the closing entries have the wistful feel of introspective autobiography particularly the story that shares its title with the book creek songs a tour de force in which the course of the author s life is shaped by remembrances of a creek flowing past her childhood home if you ve enjoyed creek songs i m a happy author thank you i d enjoy knowing your favorite story or favorite character or reading your comments on the book s amazon page i m working on my next book a novel tentatively titled the spence women i m planning on the completion of the book and the end of summer to coincide posted in reading tagged author carol mann creativity enjoying the short story personal essay reading short stories short story collection writing written beneath the palms leave a comment short story settings posted on december 2 2021 by cmwriter choosing a short story setting seems to occur in two ways sometimes the choice is conscious and sometimes it s not for example there may be a setting an author likes and simply knows that one day they will write a story and have it happen in that location case in point i did intern teaching at an elementary school in niagara falls new york i saw the falls every day when i became interested in writing i knew one of the stories i d write would occur there the area fascinated me the lore the legends the mist the water s roar that story became ferelli s fall and is in my newly released short story collection creek songs across from the american falls in the foreground is the city of niagara falls canada a climactic scene in the story takes place just north of that city the american falls with the canadian falls horseshoe falls just visible in the upper left sometimes though a setting evolves organically from the needs of the characters the latter is true for the short story behind the triple k the tamarisk trees growing beside interstate 10 and a span of railroad tracks in california s coachella valley become a place of sanctuary and reckoning for the characters the characters themselves led me there under a tamarisk tree can provide shelter and safety maybe another way a setting is chosen is by an event domestic or international a story idea became very real to me as did the young protagonist i could see the characters and feel the plot i knew they were in a war situation the idea morphed to wwii france and became the story titled the first of the season perhaps a winter scene in a wwii french village looking across a farm field to a woods what s exciting is that a story may be set anywhere limited only by the author s imagination by using the senses sight smell hearing taste and touch and such items as weather and time of day the author can bring that setting to life allowing the reader to be there and enjoy the story more fully posted in reading tagged short story story settings 2 comments my short story collection is here posted on november 18 2021 by cmwriter i hope you like to read short stories if you don t let me offer a few reasons to try them out first my short story collection creek songs is live on amazon com more on point short stories are user friendly time friendly and mood friendly user friendly reading a short story collection is like shopping at trader joe s you can read the stories in order similar to going up and down the aisles or you can wander around the pages similar to strolling about the store to check out the flowers then the what s new section and then going to the dairy section to buy milk which is the reason you came to the store time friendly short stories vary in length possibly as long as 15 000 words or as few words as six or less here is an example of a six word story from margaret atwood longed for him got him shit my collection has one longer story called ferrelli s fall the others are in the 1500 to 3500 word range a short story offers a nice bedtime read mood friendly do you want mystery suspense family love tension let the stories take you on a wild ride or allow you to savor a gentle moment neil gaiman writes a short story is the ultimate close up magic trick a couple of thousand words to take you around the universe or break your heart and so here it is creek songs the stories follow a moment in the lives of flawed everyday characters dealing with life and the quirks of chance luck and fate settings range from palm springs to niagara falls to wwii france the characters are young old and in between if you enjoy your experience feel free to leave a comment on goodreads or amazon reviews are always appreciated as songwriter carl perkins notes without the rocks in its bed the stream would have no song to me that s a perfect way to explain the ebb and flow of the human experience posted in reading tagged short stories short story collection 2 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