Category Archives: anthologies

Well, Alrighty Then

Posted on March 14, 2019 by jayne bowers

I love teaching, I really do. I should be retired by now, and for the most part I am. I teach two online classes but don’t show up at 8:00 ready to “rock and roll.” Nor do have committee work, … Continue reading →

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Changing Traditions

Posted on December 19, 2018 by jayne bowers

    Sooner or later the Christmas tinsel gets tangled, and the shiny new gadgets lose their appeal. What remains are the feelings of warmth and peace and conviviality experienced during the season. As I listened to a recent talk … Continue reading →

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Wash Days and Moving Days

Posted on November 21, 2018 by jayne bowers

Two years ago, our local writing group published its second anthology, What I Wish I Could Tell You. Having published the first one two years prior, we knew what lay in store for us. Work and patience and stress. And … Continue reading →

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Are Names Important?

Posted on October 6, 2018 by jayne bowers

Being part of a writing group has increased my interest in the importance of names and how they fit a character–or not. Irma or Jezebel? Caleb or Timothy? When our son Paul was about six months old, his sister Elizabeth … Continue reading →

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Nothing Lasts

Posted on October 1, 2018 by jayne bowers

Lucky me. Because of a project I’ve been working on, I was forced to read several short stories in some literary journals. Okay, that’s not completely accurate. I looked at the journals to become more familiar with various style sets, … Continue reading →

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Untold Stories

Posted on August 27, 2017 by jayne bowers

It’s not an overstatement to say that I love my writing group—the members, the interaction, the energy, the critiquing—all of that and more. When I first joined the group, we met a couple of times a month, one morning meeting … Continue reading →

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Voodoo vs. Hoodoo

Posted on August 5, 2017 by jayne bowers

The South Carolina Writers’ Association Board met for lunch a couple of weeks ago to go over old business and to discuss current and future events. I’m not the secretary and wasn’t taking notes, but I’m enthusiastic about the organization … Continue reading →

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Keeping the Tennis Court

Posted on January 7, 2017 by jayne bowers

  It’s one of those days when I can’t seem to get my mojo going. I have lots of thoughts and ideas, but—wait, maybe that’s my problem: too many memories and thoughts and feelings swirling around in my head to … Continue reading →

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And Pictures Too!

Posted on December 5, 2016 by jayne bowers

People have been asking whether the Camden Writers’ 2016 anthology is similar to the one we published in 2014, Serving Up Memory. Yes and no. Both have stories, poems, recipes and photographs, but What I Wish I Could Tell You … Continue reading →

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Pesky Errors

Posted on December 1, 2016 by jayne bowers

At some point in the late 1980’s, I wrote a chapter for a human relations textbook. I had been working on a text of my own and had pretty much completed the chapter on prejudice and discrimination. That’s what we … Continue reading →

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