John Smith The SaddleBrooke Writers Group continues to be active during the cautionary period resulting from the pandemic. Many of our members have been contributing their work for the pleasure of other members. We have held “mystical meetings” each month since the shut-down a year ago, and we are poised for in-person meetings when the…
Tag: writing
Features, January 2021
Not all Poems Rhyme
Stuart Watkins conquests and keeping score was my game before meeting you you gotta believe look into my eyes and hear my words you caught my eye long before we met noticed your smile, heard your laughter, kindness touched everyone you met timid and shy, yet brave and strong, my heart was drawn by the…
Features, November 2020
Puck
Stuart Watkins Puck Slap shot Body slam Steal Shoot/rebound Goal High stick Penalty box Gloves down Fists fly Four on four Poor shot Goal post rebound Blocked shot Iced the goalie Point well covered Get to the bench Lobbed over and in One to one Stanley Cup finals
Features, October 2020
Resident Authors
SaddleBrooke Author Finalist for the CIPA Evvy Awards SaddleBrooke resident author Thomas J. Mitchell has written Moscow Embassy; the Angara Club. Inspired by true events, this is a powerful portrayal of one of the most controversial embassy projects in history, the construction of the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, Russia, from 1996 to 2000. Moscow Embassy: the…
Features, June 2020
SaddleBrooke Resident Stuart Watkins Has Published Oracle, Arizona and Beyond
SaddleBrooke resident Stuart Watkins has published Oracle, Arizona and Beyond. This book will take the reader to Oracle, Oracle State Park, places to visit in Oracle, sites to see, where to eat, as well as things to do. Watkins also visits Florence, the Florence Museum, and Saint Anthony’s Greek Orthodox Monastery near Florence. Then, he…
Features, June 2020
Review of SaddleBrooke Author Albert Anthony Melvin’s Student Handbook for Success
Stuart Watkins SaddleBrooke author Albert Anthony Melvin wrote Student Handbook for Success. This is the most interesting educational book that has realistic recommendations for today’s homeschool teachers, high school students, and college students that is so relevant and helpful, and I can wholeheartedly recommend it to all of the above. As I read chapter after…
Features, April 2020
Resident Author Publishes Book
Stuart Watkins published Headshots on Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing. This story is based on truth, but names and events have been changed to hide the identities of those involved. A female first lieutenant tried out for the United States Army Marksmanship Training Unit at Ft. Benning, GA but did not make it. She was an excellent shot and was…
Features, April 2020
I Won My Pile of Woes
Stuart Watkins I won my pile of woes riding in rodeos county, state, even national rodeos broke my nose and bent my spurs riding in rodeos but I’m a cowboy can’t you see got the rodeo blood in me roping a steer ain’t nothing I fear bull riding is another thing thought I was cowboy…
Features, February 2020
Resident Authors: “Sidetracks: 40 True Stories of Hunting and Fishing on Paths Less Traveled”
Joan Holman Gary Oberg wasn’t expecting to have a bestseller when his book was published last year. Much to Gary’s surprise, his debut book Sidetracks: 40 True Stories of Hunting and Fishing on Paths Less Traveled has been getting great reviews and has become a bestseller consistently ranking as one of Amazon’s Top 100 Bestsellers in…
Features, February 2020
Resident Authors: “Neptune’s Daughters: History’s Most Notorious Women Pirates.”
Barbara Marriott SaddleBrooke author Barbara Marriott has set ten cunning, wily women out to sea to plunder and raid in Neptune’s Daughters: History’s Most Notorious Women Pirates. Almost every era was threatened by these women pirates and their surly, vicious crews. As early as 1200 and until the late 1930s, waters were made unsafe by their attacks.…