Need a few stories to make you feel good? Here’s a perfect book for you! I’ve submitted a few stories to the exclusive Chicken Soup for the Soul series. The competition is very stiff. They get thousands and thousands of submissions. I was so excited to be in their Chicken Soup for the Grandparents Soul…
A Touching Response From Darrell Sifford’s Son, Jay
Wow. I received a special gift in today’s mail. A writer named Anne Bardsley, whom I’ve never met, sent me a piece she’d written in honor of my father, Darrell, whom she had never met. Darrell Sifford was a syndicated newspaper columnist, I think in 150 or so newspapers, based out of the Philadelphia Inquirer,…
Getting Ready for Erma Bombeck’s Writers Conference
I’m like a kid on Christmas morning when it comes to catching a plane to Dayton Ohio for Erma Bombeck’s Writers Conference. I am giddy packing my bags, which I do nine months before my flight. I usually re-pack it month, just in case I missed something. I am the one who calls Terri Rizvi…