Wednesday, May 6, 2015

I'm Back with a Quick Deadline Call for Submissions for Veterans and their Families


If you've been wondering where I've been for the past two months, I'm still around, although I haven't been spending a lot of time on social media this winter.

Earlier this year, after scrubbing my kitchen and bathroom floors, I was so out of breath I had to sit down and rest. Around the same time, my Internet service provider "upgraded" their system and threw my program speed and capability for a loop.

Frustrated with not being able to easily do what I used to do both physically and on line, I took some action.

I joined a local fitness center and began a nutrition and exercise program, and my husband figured out what was wrong with my laptop.

Now that I have more energy and my computer is behaving itself, I hope to blog more often.

I wanted to begin with this call for submissions because it's for such a good cause and there is no fee to enter.

Here are some details:

For all military personnel, Veterans, and their families:
Call for Submissions for Proud to Be: Writing by American Warriors volume 4
Deadline: June 1, 2015
No fee
Prize: $250
Categories: Short fiction, Poetry, Interview with a Warrior, Essay, Photography
Writing must be by veterans, military-service personnel or their families.  Include the connection in your short bio.

You can find more information by clicking on this link from Walrus Publishing.

9 comments:

  1. Good for you, Donna! I just read an article in the paper this morning about the ill effects of sitting for long periods every day. I suppose I could walk the treadmill while I'm watching a show at night but it sorta takes all the joy out of relaxing, right? :-)

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    1. How true, although one of the fitness instructors gave me an exercise to do while sitting, which helps improve my balance.

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  2. So glad to see your name pop up this morning! I was wondering about you. Told hubby you were the first blog I ever followed and I missed it. I wish I had your drive. I think this winter was too much sitting in this house and both hubby and I are now paying for it! Our intentions are good but it is always "tomorrow". I wish the contest did not leave out other writers. I wrote my first war story this winter. I did it based on a Marine's story and it was real life...but I am not his relative! Welcome back!

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  3. Donna--So great to see you active on the blogosphere again. I'm trying to get more active (physically) too.

    Thanks for the information about the call out. I don't have anything for that one, so I wish you and everyone else good luck.

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  4. Hooray for you, Donna! You are inspiring me to get my act together and do the same.

    Pat
    Critter Alley

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  5. Thanks for the information about the submission opportunity. And I also took a little unplanned break from social media and blogging during the past month. Trying to get back in the groove again!

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  6. So glad you're feeling better, Donna, and that's great about the fitness center. Regarding the "upgrade" from your Internet provider, mine "upgraded" our email system -- and it's been such a pain (navigating it is almost non-existent) that I've had to open another email with a different carrier. It has been -- and continues to be -- a nightmare. Glad you are back online again.

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  7. I'm with you in being more active... when doing so, something has to give.

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  8. Hi All,
    I missed this deadline, but I hope some of you made it.

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