tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-359854232012-01-25T13:16:11.824-06:00The title of this blog came to me for a few reasons. I like to work with words and my husband Joe and I like to visit a place called Sycamore Springs in Kansas. I've found some inspriation from our visits there and it is a great place to feel close to one another and commune with God outside our normal interrupted world. That brings in some of the other reasons for the title. Jesus is the Word made flesh, and He quenches our thirst with living water.Glenda_Fralinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11763465738769072000noreply@blogger.comBlogger431100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35985423.post-4067813407042241132012-01-24T16:06:00.000-06:002012-01-24T16:06:03.225-06:00

Interview with Author Janet Syas Nitsick A picture of Janet on her web site shows a gentile lady wearing a large brim, straw hat set back on her crown. I found the image fitting for a woman with a slight figure who is the daughter of late Nebraska State Senator George Syas. I met Janet at the 2011 Beatrice Nebraska Business Expo. She seems every bit the classy lady who loves her state and family

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Interview with Connie Spittler. Nebraska Author Connie is an extremely accomplished author, presenter, and friend of nature. Along with her husband Bob, a talented photographer, they have captured stories from the beauty of their environment. I think of how often I have complained about a weed, forgetting the beautiful plant standing tall beside it. Connie and Bob capture the beauty of the earth

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I have an exciting announcement this morning. I am opening up my own dot com web site. It is currently under construction and will be up when I get that all figured out. Wordsprings will continue for interviews of other authors. The interviews are a labor of love and interest in my fellow authors. I will continue to strive to put the writer up front and their books as a product of who they are.

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Interview With Author G. K. Fralin A rich, red background greets you when you visit G. K. (Glenda) Fralin’s blog at wordspring.blogspot.com. The background is as warm and inviting as her passion for writing. Her site includes short film clips about her book THE SEARCH: LUNIS FLOWER OF HIDDEN, as well as videos of a poem she’s written, The Monster’s Dinner. Since 2006, Glenda has been sharing her

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Interview with Gina Barlean AKA G. M. Stevens By G. K. Fralin G. M. Stevens is a shocking double personality. What, did I just accuse the writer I am interviewing of being psychotic? No, I do not think so. Authors have the ability to have multiple personalities they can portray on paper. G. M. Stevens the author eclipses Gina’s sweet nature in her stories. However, on her blog Gina Barlean

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The Monster’s Dinner All monsters and ghouls had RSVP’d they would all be to dinner on All Hallows Eve. In formal attire they would attend this affair. The ghosts in fresh linens of ghastly repair, the goblins with grandiose garb would appear and vampires in new tatters and tales topped off the list of regales . The children excited to meet their new friends, in the old haunted house at the

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Mary Anderson has awards and recognitions from Nebraska schools and organizations including the 2003 Literary Award from Moonshell Arts and Humanities of Hall County, Nebraska. She has written articles for upwards of 80 periodicals over the past 15 years. She writes children’s books that deal with issues that kids deal with on a daily basis. Her book GRACIE GANNON MIDDLE SCHOOL ZERO focuses on

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Interview with Marilyn June Coffey By G.K. Fralin “As we call your numbers,” Sister Ursula said, “please step forward to claim your child. Examine the child we selected for you. If it’s satisfactory take it to your home and treat it as you would your own flesh and blood.” Marilyn June Coffey reading from Mail-Order Kid. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mK5hNAKEdPM What a glimpse into the eyes

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*NewContest for Lunis Flower: Dear readers, We are hosting a contest for amateur artists to submit their vision of the Lunis Flower. Since the Lunis Flower is a large part of the mystery in the story, it is only fitting to give it the distinction of being a character rather than a prop. My book The Search: Lunis Flower of Hidden has been out for a few weeks now. For those of you who have

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G. K. Fralin Short Read Newsletter 6/15/11 Dear Friends, I am so happy to be at a level with marketing that I have worked out a plan. Thus, the business end of my writing is keeping me busy, but not so much that I can’t spend much more time writing. Who Be Charlie B is a long awaited project that I’m now devoting a large block of my writing efforts to. It’s been years of researching the life

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PP presents The Search: Lunis Flower of Hidden*New

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Kris Miller did a review of my book The Search: Lunis Flower of HIdden on his web site. The link is below. I thank Kris for his positive review.

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I have drastically reduced the price of The Search: Lunis Flower of Hidden. This is to allow for the lack of paper on my end. It is in ePub for readers. Check for you particular reader to make sure it uses this format. If you are using a computer and do not have a reader, scroll down on the buy page and download the Adobe Digital option. Thank you and enjoy this modern day spiritual fantasy

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*NewChapter 1: The Inn Sheridan woke up alongside a country road where a thick late afternoon fog forced her off the highway the evening before. The unseasonable blinding whiteness was eerie, but not unheard of in Nebraska. She had been on her way to Omaha for a book signing to promote her first book Living Bedouin. She wiped the sleep from her eyes. Every muscle seemed stiff and sore. Even

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Interview with Sally J. Walker about Her New Book AWriter’s Year By Glenda K. Fralin The following is an E-interview with Sally J. Walker about her new e-book, A Writer’s Year. Sally is an accomplished writer and educator. She has covered a number of genres through her writing career including Screenwriting, Romance books, Poetry, and more. She also does professional editing. With all that,

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I come here today from out of some weird recess of my brain. I hope to find some uninsanity. Oh, I know you think I used it wrong. I should say lack of insanity, or something to that affect. The truth is, I believe, uninsanity is that for which I grasp. Deinsanitize could be a better word. We are inundated with delusions and fantasy, misjudgments, and instability that we thrust upon ourselves

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"Temple Grandin" is one of those movies that you may not have heard about. It stars Claire Dane as Temple Grandin a woman with autism who aspires to a PhD. This movie is a must see true story of a woman who insisted that her way to care for her autism was best for her. The revelation of seeing things through the eyes of this woman (literally) opens a new world of understanding. Her

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The following interview with Kristopher Miller has been conducted through an e-mail exchange of information. Kristopher Miller is a young man on a path to success not only as a writer, but as an educator. His short story "Gold Muse Sugar" will be published in the January 17th issue of Writing Raw at http://www.writingraw.com Kris would you give us a brief bio about yourself. For example: Where

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The stupidist commercials I've seen on TV lately are too many to name. There was one that gave me a huge pain because I wanted to figure out what that woman was saying. The commerical I'm speaking of is about a low fat soup. A middle aged woman stands beside the soup section, in her wedding gown, speaking into a soup can. She is talking to the a cook at the manufacturer thanking them for her

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I Care I I will not smudge coal dust around your blue mind, Your cotton-candy heart will not shrivel with lemon-crush. II I will fill you with pink luster, place yellow sunshine on your back, and sprinkle rain over your barren land. Your meadows will grow green and bloom with rainbows. G.K.Fralin

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Word Springs: Slime*New

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I fell into the brown slime a deep hole – not Wonderland putrid, acidic self-doubt slippery as a moss-covered hill. I grabbed for your strong arms. We tumbled like Jack and Jill. You picked me up, carried me home and bathed my pride. II A damp towel awaits for you my love. Let me taste your tears, hold you inside my heart where blood swirls with pure life. G.K.Fralin

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Late this morning, as my husband was carrying groceries into the house, I was distracted by a robin in our front yard. The little ruby breasted fowl was walking, more like hopping along the sidewalk. I love to watch animals playing or just going about their business unafraid because they don’t know I’m there. The unique behavior of the robin was that he was exactly following the edge of the

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My dear friends. I have been away once again. I'm still working on my stories and poems. I've mostly been revising a book length story. I haven't set aside a regular schedule for coming to my blog to keep in touch with you. I need to do that. In the mean time, I will leave you with a brief overview of the book I'm writing. What is currently called The Search follows a young woman through

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Dear Friends, As per the comment below, I believe I have removed the comments that didn't look to have anything to do with the post. I thank you for your faithfulness and patience. I praise God for all who come to my blog to read and I still love the comments. I think the major problem with this was my own lack of dilligence. Some people found a place to have conversations and then others

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August twenty-first nineteen and seventy-six I married the man I’d met in May, set up on a blind date by friends who later said they knew. My best friend asked by week two if he had proposed. I laughed at her. The conspiracy had begun before we were introduced. We spoke little the first three dates. He was terribly shy and I thought he was angry. He kept saying no till he did get

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I have come across some comments on other sites where this poem is posted that it reflects some sort of abuse or inappropriate touching. I hadn't thought of anyone applying that meaning to it. This is a fond memory of my grandfather. There is nothing untoward or abusive in anyway implied. I hope it will bring back some fond memory for you the reader. EnjoyG.K.FralinHe would reach out for medraw

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Pink AprilToday I’ll buy a pink brassierewear under sheer white top.Not any day would be so brashto celebrate my breasts. But now as April proves my cup can yet be full. I’ve need for outward sign of what the doctor’s left.Today I’ll buy pink ribbons to turn about in bowsand join them pinnedas million others willto celebrate woman’s gift.The sweet milk suckled from our nipples by tender newborn

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Hey, it's not as bad as it looks. I've just been cleaning up my blog from the past of stuff. So now I am going to be sharing again some of the new and old of my work, I invite you to comment as always and even leave an address please where I can find you check out your blog or site. Or an e-mail address so that I can reply to your comments.This story is one that I wrote some time back. My

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Green Magic Green dreadlocks, like ropesof fairy lights, splay protection from fallinginto the dark void. A magic of half learned incantations voiceattempts to thwartcannibalistic legions like a fortress of spikes.No wizard or warlock shall bewitch this hour from the stalk that rises out the depths of evil,unseen under a facade of carbon, burned, dehydrated potions.Bring on the dance of children

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The Tunnelby Glenda K. FralinI don’t know exactly the moment we stepped into that tunnel, but I know that it was on a Sunday after church when the family was out for an afternoon walk. We loved our nature walks after church, for they allowed us to look deeply and intuitively into God’s beautiful creation. My husband and three children, Bobby, Sissy, and Kat all participated with pleasure.This

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As promised I am posting the new poem. I hope you enjoy it.The PlayersWho are the players of the lives I planned to live? The missionary that went to Africa to teach the Good News, curedthe diseases of the world,fought the battles of the weak? I know You assigned those rollsto other able bodies.You gave me the lifeI was intended to giveby Your perfect design.I’ve been told I have a mission hereto

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http://www.mediafire.com/annmf5wzyqm

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Old-timers DiseaseI peeled the taters in the tubPut them in the bowl to boilPlaced the pot roast in the hamperAnd covered it all with voileThen I went to the sitting roomTo take my morning showerBeneath a sprinkler hose that stretchedFrom the spigot near the flowersForgot to draw the curtainGave the neighborhood a frightSaw pretty red and yellow lightsAnd men clad in crispy whiteI ran into the

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HEby Glenda K. FralinI cry into the windso no one sees the tears.I like it that way.But He won’t let me, suffer alone.Like dialing intomy heart’s number.He calls me to prayon His namefor the warmthof his breath on my spirit.Like the morning,I have brightness again. And I love it that way.

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November 11 is the day that we honor our veterans her in the USA. I invite all who wish to pay respect to these men and women whether they served during peace or wartime to add a couple of lines in the comments. Don't feel that you have to be a Shakespear to contribute. Please leave an indicator of your lines as initials or prefered web name, or your full name if you prefer. If you need to

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Dizzy Dance.by Glenda K. FralinDo you remember the dizzy dance?Grandmother’s floor waxed to high shine.Shoes off, in stocking feet,the dining table pulled away.Grandma plugged in that old phonographand on went tunes from ‘South Pacific’or ‘Brigadoon’. Then we wouldwhirl and whirl in circles so fast,till our bottoms met the floor.Like clumsy ballerinas we’d fight to gain our balancethen skate and

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