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Next Generation Indie Awards Gold Medal reception

07/18/2012 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

Catherine Goulet, Chairperson of the 2012 Next Generation Indie Book Awards, sent me my picture from the Gala Awards reception June 4 at the Rose Room of The Plaza Hotel in New York City. Solace in So Many Words is the gold medal winner in the anthology category. The Next Generation Indie Book Awards is the largest not-for-profit book awards program in the world. In its fifth year of operation, the Next Generation Indie Book Awards was established to recognize and honor … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Allen O'Shea Literary Agency, Anthology, appreciation, Catherine Goulet, Ellen Wade Beals, Independent Book Publishing Professionals Group, Marilyn Allen, Next Generation Indie Book Awards, Shelley Anderson, Solace, Solace in So Many Words, The Plaza Hotel, Weighed Words

Tom Fiffer “A Measure of Understanding”

07/18/2012 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

As many of you may have known (or guessed since I haven't updated the site in so long), I have been away on a vacation.  How to nice to be halfway around the world and know that someone is thinking of you.  That is what happened when I was in Thailand and received a note from Tom Fiffer. You may know Tom as TomAplomb (his blog). That's how I got to know him. Tom shares sentiments and insights and he was the first blogger to promote Solace in So Many Words. I encourage you to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Guest Posts Tagged With: A Measure of Understanding, Anthology, Consolation, Death, Ellen Wade Beals, Insights, Solace, Solace in So Many Words, thanks, Tom Aplomb, Tom Fiffer, Weighed Words

Kathy Buckland “Sweet scent of summer!”

07/01/2012 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

This photograph was taken by photographer Kathy Buckland from Glenview, IL.  Kathy manages to capture some great shots, and I am so pleased to share her work with you. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: A Glimpse of Solace Tagged With: Anthology, bee, Ellen Wade Beals, Flower, garden, Glenview, Kathleen Buckland, nature photographer, photograph, Poetry, rose, Solace, Solace in So Many Words, Weighed Words

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

06/25/2012 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

  "A weed is but  an unloved flower." Ella Wheeler Wilcox This quote was found on Brainy Quote. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: A Slice of Solace Tagged With: Anthology, Contributors, Dandelion, Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Ellen Wade Beals, Flower, Poetry, publication, Slice of Solace, Solace, Solace in So Many Words, Weed, Weighed Words

Susan Elbe

06/25/2012 By Ellen Beals 2 Comments

I first became familiar with the poetry of Susan Elbe through Kiss Me Goodnight (Syren Book Company) because we both had work in this anthology of writing by women who were girls when their mothers died.  Her poems in that book are: "My Mother Isn't Dead" and "At Mother's Bedside."  Now we are Facebook friends, and I enjoy her posts whether they are updates on the eagles' nest in Decorah, Iowa or more writerly items.  This Father's Day she posted "I Fly to My Father in Late … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Guest Posts Tagged With: Anthology, Bridge Poetry Series, Chazen Museum of Art, Concrete Wolf Press, Contributors, Eden in the Rearview Mirror, Ellen Wade Beals, I Fly to My Father in Late August, Kiss Me Goodnight, Light Made from Nothing, Madison poetry, Poetry, Solace, Solace in So Many Words, Susan Elbe, Syren Book Company, Weighed Words, Where Good Swimmers Drown, Wisconsin poetry

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