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WordCrafter News: “Poetry Treasures 5: Simple Pleasures” Release & Deadline for Anthology Submissions – Plus Welcoming a New Member of the WtbR Blog Team

Posted: March 31, 2025 | Author: | Filed under: Anthology, Book Release, Books, Call for submissions, Dark fiction, Poetry, WordCrafter News, WordCrafter Press |16 Comments
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We’re approaching the end of March, and hasn’t this month gone fast. This month began with my birthday on the 3rd, and a came down with a nasty flue the following week, which set everything behind for me. Life hasn’t dished out a bowl of cherries for me this month, more like a bowl of sour grapes. But I’m finally getting things back on track, although I’ve had to play a little catch up.

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New Release! Poetry Treasures 5: Simple Pleasures

A steaming cup of tea sitting on books with a field of purple flowers and a dawn landscape in the background. Text: Poetry Treasures 5: Small Pleasures, A WordCrafter Poetry Anthology, Compiled and Edited by Kaye Lynne Booth & Robbie Cheadle.


Poetry Treasures 5: Simple Pleasures will be released in April, in honor of National Poetry Month, but due to a couple of delays on my end I don’t have the release date yet. I’m still doing my final edit on it, and then it’s off for a final approval from the poets. Once that is complete, I’ll be able to give you a release date, as the dates for the blog tour, so stay tuned.

I must say we have a fine group of poets this year. Featured poets are DL Mullan, Barbara Harris Leonard, Jude Itakali, Ivor Steven, Robbie Cheadle, Michelle Ayon Nevajas, Gwen M. Plano, Liz Gauffreau, David Blogomony, Dawn Pisturino, Maggie Watson, and Colleen Chesbro. These poems about the simple pleasures in life are sure to warm your heart, and I’m proud to place the WordCrafter brand on this collection.

Submissions Deadline for WordCrafter 2024 Dark Fiction Contest

Book Cover: A garden at night lit by several small lights and a lantern with a candle in the center. Text: Midnight Oil: Stories to fuel your nightmares, A WordCrafter Midnight Anthology, Edited by Kaye Lynne Booth

The submissions deadline for the 2025 WordCrafter Dark Fiction Contest is fast approaching on April 30, so get those stories into me. Contest submissions may be offered the opportunity to be featured in the Midnight Oil Anthology, which will be released in October of 2025. The winner is guaranteed a spot in the anthology and display their winner’s badge in social media and on their site.

You can find all the submission guidelines here: https://writingtoberead.com/2025/01/01/call-for-submissions-2/

A Big Welcome to Lindsey Martin-Bowen From Writing to be Read

I hope you will all join us in giving a big welcome to the newest member of the Writing to be Read team, Lindsey Martin-Bowen. I met Lindsey as a fan who left comments which sparked a conversation between the two of us. Last year, I reviewed her poetry collection, Cashing Checks with Jim Morrison here. More recently, she offered a rave review of The Rock Star & The Outlaw, which prompted me to invite her to join the WtbR team. Lindsey has spent many years teaching, so a series with writing lessons seemed to be the obvious choice. You can learn more about her on our newly updated WtbR Team Member’s page, so please drop in and see what’s new there.

April will bring the first segment of Lindsey’s new blog series, “Lindsey’s Writing Practice”. In it, she will share writing exercises, tips and advice to help improve craft. Say hello in the comments. Then join us the first Wednesday of each month as we stretch our writing muscles and add to our writer’s toolboxes to make our writing shine.

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16 Comments on “WordCrafter News: “Poetry Treasures 5: Simple Pleasures” Release & Deadline for Anthology Submissions – Plus Welcoming a New Member of the WtbR Blog Team”

  1. robbiesinspiration's avatar robbiesinspiration says:
    March 31, 2025 at 5:21 am

    Hi Kaye, a lovely catch up post. I’m sorry to know you’ve been ill. I also had a bad end agent early March to on-going illness. Nice to hear about a new contributor.

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  2. Ephemeral Encounters's avatar Ephemeral Encounters says:
    March 31, 2025 at 8:11 am

    Looking forward to the anthology Kaye.
    Hoping you are feeling better now.🙏🤗

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  3. Kay Castaneda's avatar Kay Castaneda says:
    March 31, 2025 at 10:24 am

    Hi Kaye,

    I’m glad you are better now! I was sick for a month with a virus that turned into pneumonia but I’ve recovered. I also took a blog/social media break for Jan. and Feb. Now I’m slowly back.

    Congratulations on your new poetry anthology. Welcome to Lindsey! 😀

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    • robbiesinspiration's avatar robbiesinspiration says:
      March 31, 2025 at 1:28 pm

      I’m sorry to hear you’ve been so ill, Kay. My mom ended up in hospital in early March with bronchopneumonia. She’s still not that well.

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      • Kay Castaneda's avatar Kay Castaneda says:
        March 31, 2025 at 1:57 pm

        Thanks Robbie, I hope your mom gets better. It takes so long to recover sometimes. I had trouble breathing a couple times and had to get treatments. Our niece is a doctor so she came to the house or I would have been in the hospital. As I get older, I do not like hospitals. Metapneumovirus humano (HMPV) is the name of it.

        I’m out on the porch right now and just saw the prettiest little bird! It was an olive green color and it was sitting on the bird of paradise plant. I have a Birds of North and Central America book so I’ll investigate what type it is. There are so many birds here in Mexico that I never saw back in Indiana. I am going to have my phone camera ready at all times now.

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    • kayelynnebooth's avatar kayelynnebooth says:
      March 31, 2025 at 5:09 pm

      Glad to see you’re back, Kay. 🙂 Illness always seems to get you when your not looking. I’ll be glad to see the end of this retched flue season. Thank you so much for all your kind words and for the warm welcome you gave to Lindsey. I feel she will be a valuable addition to the blog team. ❤

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  4. Cindy Georgakas's avatar Cindy Georgakas says:
    March 31, 2025 at 11:32 am

    Hope you’re on the mend Kaye! Good luck with the next release. You have a lot going on!
    💕

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