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WHO runs NarLee Reads ? N.R. Woodside is a pen name for Nancy L Richard. Retired from community college teaching, I follow my felt urge to write. Currently residing in Kansas, I have lived in multiple countries and raised five children with my engineer husband. NarLee is my poetic spirit, and questioning outlook, that underlies most of my creative efforts.
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Show Off Your Work
This is not easy for me. the final push, the need to get the work out there, is a very real challenge. I’ve no idea why. I know I resist it for real reasons. In late 2018, I came to Woodneath Library in Liberty, MO. I decided that I would try their oral storytelling program; […]
Your Best Offerings
Both insecurity and perfectionism are traits that punish a writer. It helps to feel that you are on a journey – where the end point is unknown. Your challenge is to be honest on what you do each day, how you experience what you do, and choose, based upon each day, the things you will […]