HeyJared6-minute Stories
True, personal stories from new voices and experienced writers resonating with the themes of the Personal Essay/Story Publishing Projects: "Bearing Up" (2018) and "Exploring" (2019).
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"Free Time" by Randell Jones (opens the original)
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— If you are doing one thing, you are not doing another.
"Is It "Thank You" or "I'm Sorry" by Joe Brown (opens the original)
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Joe Brown is a retired building contractor. He lives on a small family farm in the Bethania area of Winston Salem NC. He now has time to do all those projects that a busy work schedule didn't allow. He enjoys his grandchildren and great grandchildren and as time allows likes to reflect on his life and write stories about his adventures. Several of those stories have been shared through The Personal Publishing Project. His prayer is that his family can appreciate the history he has lived.
"Clouds" by Robin Russell Gaiser (opens the original)
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– “Why am I still here? Why can't I die?” Then, a single, wispy white cloud appeared and wafted its way past me in an otherwise cloudless blue sky.
Preserving Freedom" by Suzanne Cottrell & Deborah Forbes (opens the original)
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– “Let’s face it. We’re lost.” Our speech is breathy, our lips are parched, and our tongues are like sandpaper. Suzanne Cottrell, a Buckeye by birth, lives with her husband in rural Granville County, North Carolina, where she’s a member of the North Carolina Writers’ Network and the Taste Life Twice Writers. She’s the author of a hybrid book, Nature Calls Outside My Window, A Collection of Poems and Stories, and three poetry chapbooks (Kelsay Books). A retired teacher, outdoor enthusiast, and na
"Free Ink" by Arlene Mandell (opens the original)
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— “Snorkelers in first!” I felt awkward about the subterfuge and reminded Bob that I was a proofreader, not a writer. "Free Ink" by Arlene Mandell Randell Jones - voice Arlene Mandell lives in Linville, NC, and is a longstanding artist at the Carlton Gallery in Banner Elk, NC. Abandoning big-city roots to relocate high up in the Blue Ridge Mountains with Captain Dan, triggered a compelling desire to write. Her memoirs are published in Gateways Creative Arts Journal ; County Lines Literary Journa
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