August 3,2023 Dear Writers, First, a shout-out to my former student and amazing poet/essayist Cricket Matthews for this newly-published poem (scroll down to read it; it’s titled “Hypothesis”) Notes | Pearl Press (pearl-press.com) And are you following author Jan M. Flynn’s blog? I certainly hope so. She was my student in a personal essay class,

How Facebook Groups Have Helped Me with My Fiction

Don’t underestimate the power and generosity of like-minded strangers around the world! Thank you for signing up for Writing with Hart: News and Opportunities for Writers. I’m so glad you’re here! This season, I’ve been poring over boxes and boxes of my great-grandparents’ promotional photographs and posters and programs from their decades as comedians and wire-walking jugglers