No One Ever Forgets Their First Car Blog Post by Jim Potter Many authors seem reluctant to promote other authors and editors, but when I discover impressive literary work, it’s easy for me to publicly commend their important contribution. Such is the case with writer-editor Mike Durall of Salina, Kansas. Editor Durall’s just published book by Sunset Park Press, No One Ever Forgets Their First Car, is a fun read, one car story at a time. Eighty-seven contributors have shared … [Read more...] about No One Ever Forgets Their First Car
Tracy Million Simmons
Have You Ever Been Seasick?
Have You Ever Been Seasick? By Bud Biery, Hutchinson, Kansas; Sean McArdle, Tetbury, England; and Tracy Million Simmons, Emporia, Kansas * Seasickness on the Open Sea By Bud Biery In 1977, somewhere between Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and Alameda, California, a storm suddenly struck our battle group. The USS Wabash, my home for three years, was in the process of refueling and moving stores to the USS Kittyhawk on our port side and a cruiser on the starboard side. We were … [Read more...] about Have You Ever Been Seasick?
Seasickness Postcards
Recently, while researching transatlantic ocean liner travel in 1926 from Liverpool to New York City, I discovered a category of postcards that I had never known existed. This occurred while speculating on whether Gladys Gamble Parks (1908-1993), an English woman from Hull, might have been seasick during her ten-day immigration voyage to America. One online search about seasickness led to another. Soon, I discovered the existence of "seasick cards." Later, a postcard … [Read more...] about Seasickness Postcards
Publishing My Children’s Book in Six Months: Networking
(To listen to the audio of this blog, use the purple play button.) Networking Copyright 2023 by Jim Potter Preparing to publish my book requires a lot of multi-tasking and networking. It’s a process and I can’t do it alone. I’ll bet you’ve heard the saying, “It takes a village to raise a child.” In publishing—whether traditional or indie—it takes a network to birth a book. At its most basic level, networking is when a group of people support and encourage one another to … [Read more...] about Publishing My Children’s Book in Six Months: Networking
Stories Are Everywhere
(To listen to the audio of this blog post, use the purple play button.) · Stories Are Everywhere: My Blogging Topics · MY PURPOSE in BLOGGING In 2017, when I sent my final draft of my novel, Taking Back the Bullet, to my editor, Jan Hurst, I started preparing drafts of written blogs for my new website hosted by Rosemary Miller, aka “The Tech Chick.” My unwritten mission statement was this: “To be in the moment, to enjoy the adventure, and to do my best for me and my … [Read more...] about Stories Are Everywhere
