Archive for the ‘Editors’ Category

Letter from a Friend of Fine Lines

Sunday, December 18th, 2011

The attached letter from a new writer to Fine Lines (Shawnelle Alley, Fremont, NE) arrived just in time for the holidays. I could not have wished for a better present. Her wonderful expression of what a new writer feels like to be published is the reason we have continued to develop Fine Lines and reach out to “young writers of all ages” these past twenty years.

Dear David Martin,

I understand that I am now published twice by you; once online and once in print! Amazing!! Perhaps I am in shock, I don’t know if I should laugh, or cry, or both.

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A Very Special Editor Turns a Page

Monday, June 27th, 2011

A Very Special Editor Turns a Page

by Marcia Forecki

Joyce Dunn

Joyce Dunn was a care-giver, a risk-taker, unswervingly independent, and a sharply skilled writer. She contributed her own work to Fine Lines, and served as a Special Editor for many years.

Joyce fearlessly embraced the challenges in her life, taking on the care of her two younger brothers at age eleven, when her mother became ill. Though delayed by some years, earning her nursing credentials was only the beginning of Joyce’s life-long study of natural and traditional health care. She and her husband, Jim, raised three sons. Joyce maintained a loving friendship for over six decades with a German pen-pal she first corresponded with in the second grade. Joyce was no less persevering as a writer. Through her stories, essays and three books, Joyce will continue to delight and inspire her family, friends and many fans.

Before embarking on the next part of her life’s journey, Joyce wrote a short book called My Way. In this very personal and honest work, Joyce described how she confronted cancer with her customary strength and unwavering insistence to live her own way.

Mcfwrite429@aol.com

Special Editors at Work

Tuesday, February 1st, 2011

For three hours or more on the first Saturday of each month, thirty Special Editors read the submissions Fine Lines receives from around the country and the world.

Send your writing in today. Please review our submission guidelines on this site.

Online Editors

Saturday, September 19th, 2009

Online Editors

Jessica Bieler

Nancy Genevieve Perkins

Neil Simmers

Melissa Patterson: Special Editor

Gretchen Weicker

Melissa Patterson: Special Editor

Scott Sutton

Jessica Womack

John Robinson

Anna Schmidt

Marion & Theresa Young

Special Editors

Saturday, September 19th, 2009

Special Editors

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Jan Sutherland

Jan Sutherland

Jay Worden

Jay Worden

Jeff Grinvalds

Jeff Grinvalds