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Writers On The Move: Mother's Day Poetry (and freebie)

Writers On The Move: Mother's Day Poetry (and freebie): It's almost Mother's Day (or Mothering Sunday if you're in the UK). Here in Australia, Mother's Day is Sunday the 13th of May. Since Magdilena Ball is both mother and daughter, she's managed to convince her poetry partner (also a mother and daughter) Carolyn Howard-Johnson to let giveaway their motherly poetry book She Wore Emerald Then

From now through to May 14th (US time) you can grab a copy of She Wore Emerald Then from Smashwords for the budget-smashing price of $0.00. Find out more at http://www.writersonthemove.com/2012/05/mothers-day-poetry-and-freebie.html

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