Author: Rus VanWestervelt

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  Writing Prompt #1: Courage. 1.17.2022

  Today, I begin sharing daily writing prompts to encourage writers of all ages to journal on a daily basis. No… Read more.

• Now Accepting Pre-Orders for 2732 Prisms of Love-Stained Light

  Rus VanWestervelt’s latest work, 2732 Prisms of Love-Stained Light, is scheduled to launch worldwide on 21 December 2021, but you… Read more.

• In These Days of Gratitude

  Hello. Earlier today, I checked my post office mailbox and found a letter from a friend of 50 years. The… Read more.

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  Jessica Bell’s Icasia Bloom Touches Readers With Happiness

  Review: How Icasia Bloom Touched Happiness (Vine Leaves Press), by Jessica Bell Scheduled for release 21 September 2021 By Rus… Read more.

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  56 Things I Have Learned

  I turn 56 on March 3, so I offer you 56 things I have learned in these 56 spins around… Read more.

• Lovedigger

  A work of creative nonfiction by Rus VanWestervelt. I originally wrote this piece in 2011 and submitted it for publication.… Read more.

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  Electric Christmas, 20 Years Later

  Twenty years ago, I wrote, and published, “Electric Christmas” in Baltimore’s Child. It was my first sold piece as a… Read more.

• The Dangers of Transactional Academics

  When my students and I were in week 5 of digital learning during the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic,… Read more.

• Life’s Labyrinth in Embracing Our Creativity

  Last night, I was gifted with the opportunity to read for Howard County Poetry and Literary Society (HoCoPoLitSo)’s Wilde Readings… Read more.

• Celebrating Poetry In April: 30. The World Is Too Much With Us, William Wordsworth

  Hello, everyone. Well, we are at our end. 30 days of sonnets celebrating National Poetry Month brings us to my… Read more.