Authors of UPCI

The published works by Mississippi authors from the UPCI amaze me.  There are so many titles that I haven’t read and so many I want to read.  Sadly, there are some no longer available.  I am glad I have them on by bookshelves already.  But to be able to go to one place and browse through the books available is wonderful. 

If your goal is to publish a book, then consider attending the Writer’s Conference coming in October.  Hopefully, you will be able to talk with published writers.  Bring your own unfinished stories. It is my opinion, before you can be a published author you have to send your story out into the world.  So many times, as writers we want to keep our written words as our own property.  Writers can be so shy sometime.  Maybe, because of past rejections you don’t want to be exposed anymore.  Have you seen the tag, “Writing can be somewhere between torture and fun.”   Writers are their own worst critic.  So start with a group of like-minded people.  Let this forum be the feedback that will not be harsh rejection but critical opinions that can improve your writing. 

If you just have a desire to write but haven’t put anything onto paper yet, start by finding a book by your favorite author, turning to page 51, go to the last paragraph on that page, and write that paragraph and the rest of the story with your own words.  Don’t have a favorite author.  Then find a book with your favorite color on the cover, or one you were supposed to read in school but didn’t.  It’s a good writing practice.  Allow yourself imperfections, which is part of the process. 

I have said in past post that God is not the God of chaos.  When I was taking a math class in college, we had a reading assignment about the chaos theory.  (One of those books I have but didn’t finish.)  But in the chapters I did read it was proven that even chaos has its order.  And that only lead me to believe that God has His hand in even the chaos in our live.  Maybe I will find that book and take my own advice and bring that paper with me to the writer conference in October. I hope to see lots of faces there.

copyright(C) 2016 Donna Germany