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Today at Spirited Scriveners
Valentine Haikus. And writers’ updates. Ann shared an early draft of her upcoming blog post. Look for it. It’s good. Susan re-read her poem “The Journey” for Michael and Kit. Looking to see it posted here sometime soon. Kit shared the next Chapter of her Cordelia novel. Some great character development and the pace is Continue reading
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Ann F. Beach Article
Recently published Here’s an article by Spirited Scrivener, Ann Beach, recently published in Kevin M.D. A retired pediatrician, Ann writes memoir and medical essays. This one is about dressing for the job. Have you had a doctor’s hair touch you during an exam? Did it touch their previous patient? What might that patient have had? Continue reading
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Letter From the Dead
A new published essay by Ann F. Beach in Pulse Our colleague, Ann, has again had one of her essays published. This one is quite affecting. Partly, I think, because of her unaffected style. Mostly because it is touching and with a window into a different world for most of us. Read it. What do Continue reading
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A New Article from Ann F. Beach
“Beauty Kills” As promised, Ann keeps writing her medical history articles. Here’s the latest…. Imagine you are Spanish royalty in the 1600s. Spain is at the height of its international prowess and is a fabulously rich country. Untold wealth has been transferred from Central and South America in the form of gold and silver. Spain Continue reading
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Catching Up with Ann F. Beach
What did we do/are we doing this summer!? The past several months have been busy with work, distractions and writing. There’s catching up to do. So, let’s start with Spirited Scrivener, Ann F. Beach… I had an essay titled “Don- 1979” published in Pulse- Voices from the Heart of Medicine in March. It’s a reminiscence Continue reading
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A beautiful essay by Ann Beach
You really want to read this one. So moving. Don, 1979 It’s 3:00 am. Deep in the bowels of the hospital, bright fluorescent lights softly buzz overhead in the windowless snack bar, where a row of vending machines give off a low hum. Don, my sixteen-year-old patient, and I sit huddled in orange plastic chairs Continue reading
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A new year. A new essay.
Most of the mothers, more interested in recipes and nail polish, thought my mother was crazy. The kids all thought she was cool. Continue reading
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Three Haiku by Ann F. Beach
The snaggle-toothed smile Gives way to the trimmed moustache. My boy grew up fast. There’s not enough time I’ll never finish reading All the books I have. Slow drizzling rain Deer curled up in the ivy Wasting sun’s return. Note that all material shared on this site and in these posts are the exclusive ownership of Continue reading
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“Summer Jobs” by Ann F. Beach
I was a townie, and everything I knew was irrelevant on the farm. They were disgusted at my slowness, my ignorance (why, I didn’t know which tractor was which, how to tell a ton-truck from a pickup truck, and all the steps of processing tobacco). They pitied me and were openly derisive. Continue reading
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The Case of the Hot Shower
From Ann Beach Fifteen-year-old Skyler was weak after 2 weeks of persistent vomiting. So weak she was willing to be admitted to the hospital, something she had argued against the day before. It had all started about 3 weeks earlier when she developed some vague stomachache, right around her navel. She proceeded to become nauseated Continue reading
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Sometimes it seems everyone is an aspiring writer. May be. Everyone has a story. Everyone has something to say. Although not everyone makes the effort to share it. The Spirited Scriveners exists to encourage that effort. Pen to paper, as it were. Fingertip to keyboard. However it happens.
Here you will encounter the results of our own efforts. Sometimes serious. Sometimes comedic. Sometimes romantic. This group of authors operate in very different worlds. Yet, find it mutually supportive. Whether creating science fiction or romance, children’s picture book or young adult, medical or architectural history, we all look to improve the telling of the tale. We teach each other as we teach ourselves and we navigate the dusky, ever-changing paths of publishing together.
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