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Guest Post Wed: Elizabeth Kail Arnita's Inspiration

What is the inspiration behind writing “Baby Come Home”? When I hear of taste or see something good, I have to let others know. The same rings true for a good story. “Baby Come Home” was inspired by a true-life story that proved to be a good life lesson. My daughter was in the rebellious teen years when every rule was viewed as a hindrance to her growing up and enjoying life. She would often tell me I was caging her and stopping her from experiencing the world.    At that time, we had a beautiful bird named “Baby”. He belonged to my son, Sam. He was an unusually friendly bird that seemed to enjoy exploring our home from the perch of someone’s shoulder. Often we would take Baby outside, but kept him in the confinement of his cage. My daughter seemed to have transposed her feelings of entrapment onto Baby and decided one day he didn’t need a cage outside. She defiantly placed him on her shoulder and preceded to head outside, thinking the bird loved her too much to fly aw

BTR's Featured Stories for Children Show with Guest Author Cheryl Carpinello

Come join BTR's World of Ink Network Featured Show: Storeis for Children with hosts VS Grenier and Irene Roth. They will be chatting with guest author Cheryle Carpinello on Monday January 14, 2013 at 2pm EST - 1pm CST - 12(noon) MST - 11am PST. Although a retired teacher, Cheryl Carpinello still has a passion for working with kids. She regularly conducts Medieval Writing Workshops for local elementary/middle schools and the Colorado Girl Scouts. She is not the only one who loves Medieval Times and the King Arthur Legend. The kids thoroughly enjoy writing their own medieval stories complete with dragons, wizards, unicorns and knights! She loves to travel and her other job is with a major airline. Her favorite trip was a two week visit to Egypt with her husband that included traveling by local train from one end of Egypt to the other. Some of her favorite books include The Hobbit , The Lord of the Rings , The Once and Future King, and any by the duo Douglas Pres

Interview Friday with Jack Remick

Jack Remick is a poet, short story writer and novelist. In 2012, Coffeetown Press published the first two volumes of Jack’s California Quartet series, The Deification and Valley Boy . The final two volumes will be released in 2013: The Book of Changes and Trio of Lost Souls . Blood, A Nove l was published by Camel Press, an imprint of Coffeetown Press, in 2011. VS: I want to thank you for being my guest here on The Writing Mama today. What do you do to help balance your writing life with your family life? Jack: I am married to a world class quilter, Helen Remick ( http://helenremick.com ) who understands the world of art and writing. We share a creative life that connects writing to family to quilting. I am fortunate to have this situation because I know a lot of writers struggle to find the balance. Without Helen to hold up half the sky, I wouldn’t be free to enter the novel world at all. VS: How long have you been writing? Jack: My entry into the writing u