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| Weeds Corner |
| Why do we call this small literary magazine Weeds Corner? Weeds survive because they concentrate on their purpose in life. It doesn't matter that they are disliked or brutally attacked by men, bugs and chemicals. They just keep on growing and waiting until someone discovers their purpose. We storytellers are like that. Ruth Brookshire, Editor WEEDS CORNER P.O. Box 1038 New Castle, IN 457362 |
| Updates from the Editor's Deskidwestern short stories and two novellas, by Ruth Brookshire is available for $14.95, check or money order (includes S and H) at Weeds Corner, P. O Box, New Castle, IN 47362 or by credit card through Authorhouse,com /bookstore OR from amazon.com. Thanks and enjoy! |
| The 2006 Holiday issue should have arrived in your mailboxes. You can still order copies from me at Weeds Corner, P. O. Box 1038, New Castle, IN 47362 for only $5.95 (includes S and H). There were so many good holiday stories that I had to delay some other manuscripts until Winter issue. But that gives us something to look forward to, right? WINTER ISSUE IS ON SCHEDULE. I'm almost afraid to say it for fear the computer and I will have another struggle. I'm aiming for 40 pages of manuscript plus cover. Wish us all continued progress. FOUNDING FATHERS, The Beginnings of Cornfield Ghetto is also progressing. Remember Seth Harmon, the proprietor of the Barrows Crossing Mercantile in THE EYE AND THE SERPENT? Well, he's having a few problems -- with those goldurned farmers who want especial privileges AND with a snooty, very resourceful girl named Magdalene Tucker. There's also an ill-fated marriage, a smooth-talking, fast-running horse trader with a good looking son. That's the first novella. In the second part, they compete as adults. Am almost finished with that one. See you in Barrow Crossing as the rest of the world begins to intrude. FROM THE CORNFIELD GHETTO On December 2, I was signing books (once in a while) at the Holiday Author Fair sponsored by the Indiana History Center in Indianapolis. It was a great experience to be one of the 90 authors chosen to attend. Two book signings after that and I took some time off --waiting for the Indiana weather to calm down before I invade Anderson and Muncie and other near-by town, plus a few restaurants and nursing homes. Here are a few comments from readers: "Really loved "Banana Salad". Carolyn from Messick. "We liked "The Eye and the Serpent". Really entertaining. Keep writing." Pat and Gerald from New Castle. "It's good to know that the editor can also write well. I enjoyed it." Bette Killion from Wise Weeds in Weeds Corner. "I especially liked "Counting Change." Violet Ryan from Noblesville. (Author of current serial "Santa's Swan Song." She does her own illustrations, too.) "And, of course, "The Friendship Caper." (She should; she kept prodding me to finish it after we had e-mailed several times on the potential for an older woman's pleasant mystery.) "I liked "Wash Day Wars". but I sure didn't see much point in "The Eye and the Serpent." a children's author whose name I can't remember at the moment. So far, the favorites are Banana Salad, Friendship Caper and The Eye and the Serpent. Copies are still available -- see above for ordering information. January 19, 2007 |