The latest publishing opportunities available from Auroras & Blossoms — Hello everyone! Today, I would like to share the latest publishing opportunities currently available to writers, authors, and visual artists from my platform Auroras & Blossoms. The Auroras & Blossoms Magazine The Auroras & Blossoms Magazine is back after a two-year break! Deadline: September 30, 2023 Open to anyone at least 17 years of age.

From France to the Canadian Prairies… — Hello everyone! My name is Cendrine Marrouat. For those who wonder how to pronounce it, here is the answer: “san-drEEn mar-wah”. (No “t” at the end, please. ;-) ) Born in Toulouse, southern France, I spent the first decade of my life in Surgères, a small town on the Atlantic…

Requesting your input — Like every kid enrolled in a public school in France in the 1990s, I started learning my second language in sixth grade. English was the bane of my existence for several years. No matter how hard I tried, I could not learn anything. My grades were terrible. Something changed during…

Today, I am excited to spotlight Chris Silverman, whom I met on Pixelfed last year. Chris Silverman is a designer, artist, and illustrator living in New York’s Hudson Valley. Since late 2021, he has done one drawing in the iPhone Notes app every day, sharing them to social media under…

Welcome to another instalment in my series! Today, I have 10 new watercolors to share with you, all dating back to April 2023.

When Your One Sees You So full of you: the poem the body the word the moon So full of us: the lake the soil the tune the sun (It is what goes on when your one sees you.) Here, at the edge of all: the void the land the root the rise the fact …

Based on Judey Kalchik’s #BookReviewHaiku Challenge on Vocal — A couple of months ago, Judey Kalchik dared Vocal creators to write book reviews in the form of haiku. She called it the #BookReviewHaiku Challenge. Little Women A #BookReviewHaikuvocal.media I was hooked from the get-go! So, when Vocal ran its Critique Challenge, I decided to do things differently from other writers, by including a…

Imaginative stories to keep you on your toes… — After The Auroras & Blossoms Haiku: Volume 1 and The Auroras & Blossoms Haiku: Volume 2, I am delighted and honored to announce the release of another book that I co-edited with my friend and business partner David Ellis: A Warm Mug of Cozy Anthology: Volume 1. Last year, David…

Today, I am excited to spotlight Damian Sebouhian. Damian Sebouhian is a semi-retired English professor who is currently spending the second half of his life exploring the meaning of life. He writes about and teaches mindfulness and spiritual alchemy. He is a student and practitioner of tarot, astrology, numerology, qigong…