podcast Archives - Ellen Morris Prewitt

When You’re Killing Time

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on November 28, 2013. Posted in General. Leave a Comment

Tomorrow you might be home hanging out in your pajamas. Click here and read more about me. Or peruse the stories and hear my voice (I’m not the one singing). whichever, enjoy. Remember: You Cain’t Do Nothing with Love

The Unloved Elephant

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on November 25, 2013. Posted in General. 4 Comments

I have 14 videos on YouTube. 14 stories read aloud. Some stories have had more views than others. Inexplicably, the story with the least views is one that was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. It’s a lovely story. Could you show a little love to “Gift of the Elephant”? Give it a listen? I would appreciate it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTSc2BtbBk8 Remember:...

The Collecting Collection

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on November 21, 2013. Posted in General. Leave a Comment

The collection is collecting. It will soon be released in toto. This means as a complete collection. Not in Kansas. Remember: You Cain’t Do Nothing with Love

A Snail Went to Carlos Fuentes Funeral

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on November 5, 2013. Posted in General. Leave a Comment

Sometimes I get so frustrated by the pace of my writing career, I Google the titles of my novels to see if something is going on with them that I don’t know about. This is an insane activity, as the novels haven’t been published. The only place they exist—other than a mention or two in contests I’ve placed in over the years—are...

“Just Now” written and read by Ellen Morris Prewitt

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on October 31, 2013. Posted in General. Leave a Comment

“Just Now” First appeared in print in Memphis Magazine, the winner of its 2009 Short Fiction Contest. To contribute to the American Cancer Society, please follow the link here or visit http://cancer.org Listen to the story here:

A Last Moment of Intimacy

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on October 31, 2013. Posted in General. Leave a Comment

This is the last week of the rollout. Look back: the first story launched on June 26 (of this year, as my friend from writing group would clarify.) We sustained a hiatus when my daddy died, then resumed with vigor. When the current week is done, we will enter PHASE II. The collection will be made available in full on other host sites. The work...

I’m a marathoner in a sprinting world

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on October 24, 2013. Posted in General. Leave a Comment

I can feel it – I’m eating up track, finally in the groove for the story, and the week is over. Finished. Done. Time to move on. A week is a short thing. Stay tuned for a new story. It involves Love. And a man in a squirrel costume. Remember: You Cain’t Do Nothing with Love

Recording Your Fiction: A New Approach

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on October 22, 2013. Posted in General. 3 Comments

Everyone’s talking about e-book or print, self-publishing or traditional. I want to talk about something different. Following the advice of my favorite fortune cookie ever—try a different way or new approach—today, I’m beginning a conversation about a different approach: audio. That is, recording your work and making it available to listeners...

Why Abandon the Book?

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on October 21, 2013. Posted in General. Leave a Comment

I am a child of the book. No more than five books from the children’s section of the library—what’s to be done? Not enough money to buy more than one book from the Book Mobile, thank God for Little Bear gifts from loving aunts. Summers spent in air-conditioned rooms lazing on beds, reading one Faulkner after another Welty after another,...

How Can You Write a Short Story Making Fun of Old People in a Retirement Home?

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on August 5, 2013. Posted in General. 1 Comment

Mother should be grateful for an attentive son, but she’s glowering at me, her pug nose crinkled as if I’ve spilled sticky pickle juice on her kitchen counter. Mother no longer owns a kitchen counter, and I no longer am a child with clumsy mitts attempting to fix a pickle and cheese sandwich. Mother now lives in this lovely retirement home where...

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