The BWG Roundtable Connection

PGB, Carol Wright, and Debra Goldstein

A delightful occurrence happened at Malice Domestic this year. I had the opportunity to meet Carol L.Wright, an editor of the Bethlehem Writers Roundtable, the online journal where I was first published. The BWR has been particularly kind to me, having featured three of my stories online and reprinted one in the ebook Let It Snow:The BWR Winter Collection 2015. In this picture, Debra Goldstein and I greet Carol, who was enjoying her first Malice. Debra’s short story “Political Cornucopia” appeared in the November 2013 issue of BWR. I’ll always be grateful for the BWR’s support and encouragement.

BWG Let It Snow Anthology

I’m so proud to have my award winning story “Long in the Tooth” included in this new ebook anthology. Among the authors are friends and Guppies, KB Inglee (former WWK blogger) and Gloria Alden (Thursday WWK blogger). Here’s the blurb: “Discover tales, all as different as snowflakes, in Let it Snow: The Best of Bethlehem Writers Roundtable, Winter 2015 Collection. The multiple award winning Bethlehem Writers Group, LLC brings you stories in a range of genres selected from their bi-monthly Writers Roundtable Journal. So, while the weather outside is frightful, curl up by the fire, read, and Let It Snow.”

Bethlehem Writers Roundtable

In 2013, I am grateful for two featured stories published in the Bethlehem Writers Roundtable, a monthly online publication of the Bethlehem Writers Group. Founded in 2006, this Bethlehem, Pennsylvania-based community of writers has an annual short story competition. This year, the theme is “food stories” and the celebrity judge is Rebecca Forster. Entries must be original works of less than 2000 words submitted through the online form by no later than February 17, 2014. The fee for each entry is $10. My story, “Long in the Tooth,” placed third in last year's competition with celebrity judge Hank Phillippi Ryan.