What happens when there are too many story ideas bombarding our brains? It can be just as debilitating as staring at that blankness.

-Mandy Eve-Barnett

Opal Writers Magazine | JULY 2022

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://opalpublishing.ca/six-tips-for-taming-the-story-flood/

One day a new type of phone that you could use to call yourself appeared on the market. All one had to do was dial a certain number and one would be connected straight away with oneself. The quality of the reception was so good that the voice on the other end of the line sounded as if it was coming from the very same room.

-Boris Glikman

Image credit: Michael Cheval

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://opalpublishing.ca/2022/03/18/the-me-phone/

Today I am pleased to be here with Anne Scottlin.  Anne, is an award-winning writer, podcaster and founder of The Power of Joy Institute, and the author the beautiful 286-page book, Live for Joy! 

Anne also appeared as a Featured Heart-centered business in the Opal Rising Magazine March issue.  

To claim Anne's free gift: www.annescottlin.com/joyjournal  

Visit Anne's website: www.annescottlin.com

With already not enough time to get in all the writing needed to work on story outlines, meet book deadlines for editors, publishers, and others, why should writers add journaling to their writing schedule?

- Barbori Garnet

Opal Writers Magazine | July 2022

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://opalpublishing.ca/journaling-for-writers/

Today I am pleased to introduce Barbori Garnet. Barbori is a writer and she is the author of Home at the Office: Working Remotely as a Way of Life, artist, musician, and gardener based in Alberta. She enjoys writing non-fiction and writes about working remotely, the home office, gardening, and more.

Barbori writes for the Opal Writers Magazine, and has been a consistent columnist for 4 years. She began with writing articles about Writers Retreats and now has a column on The Home Office.

Opal Writers Magazine | JULY 2022

Visit Barbori at:

http://barborigarnet.com

I’m not marketing – I’m generating mail for myself. That makes it so much easier than pressuring myself to advance my writing career.

By Liz Betz

Opal Writers Magazine | JUNE 2022

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://opalpublishing.ca/marketing-steps-as-written-by-my-inside-voice/

My husband Milton and I will lead a Midrash writing group based on The Book of Ruth, the Hebrew Bible’s shortest book, actually a short story. In ancient times, rabbis wrote elaborations on biblical lines as if they were writing prompts. Midrashim, from the Hebrew root “daras” meaning “expound, ”are imaginative extensions of biblical texts that fill in whatever the author senses can be added to extract deeper meanings.

-SHARON LEDER

Opal Writers Magazine | May 2022

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://opalpublishing.ca/2022/05/19/writing-midrash-for-the-book-of-ruth/

By Donald H Roberts

Trevor Morris ran. He had no idea where he was going. All he cared about was Anna. They had boarded the train together. They were just married. She could not have died a year ago, they had only met six months before getting married. 

Opal Writers Magazine 

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://opalpublishing.ca/2022/05/10/train-into-the-valley-of-madness-e8/

The night dropped down upon the valley floor like a deep dark cloud falling from the sky, and though the stars still shone bright shards of lightning streaked across the heavens like jagged swords. The wind howled like a chorus of banshees, and somewhere off down the canyon, out of the valley, steel screeched on steel and countless souls screamed in horror.

-Donald H Roberts

Opal Writers Magazine APRIL 2022

Trevor stood there staring at Anna, rather where Anna had been standing just seconds ago. The valley was alive with activity again but now he was alone. Anna had simply vanished. Then, a moment later the Conductor approached him. He inquired cautiously, “Is there a problem Trevor?”

The Train Into the Valley of Madness By Donald H Roberts

Opal Writers Magazine 

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://opalpublishing.ca/2022/03/05/train-into-the-valley-of-madness-e6/