Smorgasbord Blogger Weekly – #Goodnews John Howell, #Steampunk Richard Dee, #Poetry Robbie Cheadle & Yvette Calleiro, #Characters Gwen Plano, #Reunion Pete Springer & Jennie Fitzkee, #Interview Marcia Meara & Mike Allegra

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Smorgasbord Blogger Weekly – #Goodnews John Howell, #Steampunk Richard Dee, #Poetry Robbie Cheadle & Yvette Calleiro, #Characters Gwen Plano, #Reunion Pete Springer & Jennie Fitzkee, #Interview Marcia Meara & Mike Allegra

A small selection of posts I have enjoyed in the last week and I hope you will head over to read in full.

In the first post today John Howell shares a wonderful feel good story about how an anonymous donor has made a huge impact on 100 student’s lives by wiping their college debts.

Head over to enjoy this good news story: John Howell – Friday Good News

Next – If you were unsure about the genre Steampunk, Richard Dee shares the background and an excellent example to illustrate the finer points.

Head over to discover more about this interesting genre: What about Steampunk with Richard Dee

Now for a wonderful interview and poetry as Robbie Cheadle chats to author and poet Yvette M Calleiro about her work and favourite poetry..

Head over to enjoy Yvette’s poignant poetry and her interview with Robbie: Treasuring Poetry, meet Yvette Calleiro with Robbie Cheadle

Now an amazing post by Gwendolyn Plano writing for Story Empire on writing characters within a political or wartime environment. She uses the amazing story of War Correspondent Marie Colvin as an example and if you have not seen the film A Private War I can highly recommend.

Head over how to best portray your characters within a political environment: Gwen Plano – Our Characters and their political interests

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