by Stephanie Reeves | Jan 6, 2024 | Writing
Happy New Year! Welcome to 2024. There’s going to be some changes around here starting next month as we move to Substack and become The Redbud Hyphen. Our guild president, Dorina Lazo-Gilmore Young will be telling you more about that soon. Meanwhile, we want to...
by Stephanie Reeves | Jan 1, 2023 | Relationship, Writing
I remember the day I received the email from the Redbud Writers Guild telling me my application for membership had been approved. That was exactly 6 years ago. I had been encouraged to apply by my friend Judy, who believed in me more than I believed in me. Judy is...
by Carla Gasser | Jan 1, 2023 | Relationship, Writing
After joining the Redbud Writers Guild a few years ago, I was like the girl who finally received an invitation to the popular, pretty girl’s birthday party—excited and thrilled to be included but wondering if I truly belonged. So, I stayed on the periphery, observing...
by Paula Frances Price | Jan 1, 2023 | Relationship, Writing
I sat thousands of miles away from my family. I hadn’t written in months. Even when I found time to attempt to type my thoughts, the white screen mocked me. It wasn’t that I had lost the desire to write, but the demands of my job, two young kids, husband, neighbors,...
by Carolyn Miller | Jan 1, 2023 | Relationship, Writing
I want to say something really brief. It’s really intimidating. I’m not married, I don’t have kids, I do have a job!—But all these ladies in our guild—128 of them in fact, they’re married, have kids, have jobs, are published, and doing all this stuff—as a Mom, and a...
by Kim Findlay | Jan 1, 2023 | Relationship, Writing
I sat on the edge of the bed, weary from the 12 hours I spent in my car driving the first leg of a 16-hour trip from Massachusetts to Illinois. My body longed for rest, but my mind wasn’t ready to settle. I was too excited for the upcoming Redbud Writer’s...
