Prince William County writer Katherine Mercurio Gotthardt has released her sixth book entitled “Late April,” a collection of poetry written between April 2018 and April 2019. April holds significance in that it is National Poetry Month.
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It only took a week for Katherine Gotthardt, the author of “A Crane Named Steve” to raise $1,000 for ACTS in Dumfries.
This event occurs , Fall Writers’ Workshop Write by the Rails (WbtR), the Prince William Chapter of the Virginia Writer’s Club, is pleased to announce its fall writers’ workshop to be held October 12, 2019 from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Trinity Episcopal, 9325 West Street, Manassas, Va. Co-sponsored by the Northern Virginia Writers
Inspiration is a social disease. It’s amazing how when one person shares inspiration and motivation, others catch it, like a good virus.
Bristow award-winning author Katherine Gotthardt, M.Ed. has announced a new project about an unusual local celebrity; a crane named “Steve.”
Get the hell out of here. You’re not being realistic.
Write by the Rails (WbtR), the Prince William Chapter of the Virginia Writer’s Club, is pleased to announce the launch of an area-wide poetry installation entitled “Poems Around Town.”
Ever watch one of those post-apocalyptic movies where hoards gather and for whatever reason – be it hunger, fear or contagious bad attitudes – a fight breaks out and suddenly, it’s mass chaos?
One weekend, I went on a little trip with my sister-in-law to the beach, and after, posted this on Facebook:
I recently took an online class in strategic thinking in which the instructor asks, “How do you make time for strategic thinking?”
“There’s no way in hell I’m going to do the same thing my parents did.”
Think back to your young adulthood. Were you someone who wanted to stand out or fit in? Both? Maybe you took a winding path in the pursuit of discovering yourself or defining yourself.
One day, a king invited his enemy to a banquet at his castle. “Let’s make peace,” he said. “Come and celebrate my eldest son’s birthday with us.”
Ever sit down to do something and suddenly feel a lack of inspiration? What is that, anyway?
My parents used to say about people who weren’t motivated to do something necessary, “They’re fine. They just need a kick in the pants.”
There’s a Facebook meme out there that says something like, “For whoever needs to hear this…your laundry needs to be put in the dryer.”
That’s what I tell myself when I want to procrastinate (which is too often).
Snooze is a funny word. Say it out loud. Look at it. Who came up with such a strange word for lightly sleeping?
When it comes down to it, most of us just want to be happy.
Which is easier, starting or stopping? It depends on the driver and the vehicle, right? There’s also the angle, the incline and just plain gravity to consider.
