April Coker, Author

Tag: writing

  • More Day Ochd (Eight)

    One thing I did while Trisha was shopping on the Royal Mile was catch a glimpse of a sign that said “Writers Museum” and pointed down Lady Stair’s Close, a narrow passageway opening into a courtyard. The museum itself is housed in Lady’s Stair’s House. The house, built in the 17th century, is compact and…

  • Day Ochd (Eight)

    We had a couple of mishaps on our way back to Inverness–nothing bad, though, so dinna fash! The first one happened when the tour bus hit a rough spot in the road and several belongings which had been stored overhead fell out of the shelves and onto the passengers. Everyone scrambled to grab their things,…

  • More about getting there…

    Yeah, the flight was grueling. I had really hoped I would sleep. Trisha had even brought some valerian root pills because I had told her I’d read they would help us sleep. She may have slept more than I did–I’m not sure because she sat behind me. That in itself was weird, because when we…

  • A Gathering of Writers

    Last weekend we met at a local hotel, about fifteen writers:  novelists, technical writers, poets, songwriters, magazine writers, and newspaper columnists.  It was a motley crew of people from various backgrounds, short, tall, young, younger, African-American, Latino, skinny, not-so-skinny, hairy, and not-so-hairy!     We brought our books to peddle and our experience to share.…

  • AT HOME MONDAY: My story?

    Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day! Appreciating the authentic story of another hinges on understanding your own authentic story. What is your story? Dr. King once stated “we are not makers of history but are instead made by history.” How has Martin Luther King Jr.’s story influenced your own? This is today’s journal prompt from…