Author Archives: evamccollaum

About evamccollaum

I am a starting publisher who needs the help of younger people to successfully use social networking. I continuously search for good stories and good writers.

Imperial

Posted on January 31, 2020 by evamccollaum

A little over two years ago I had an experience that I’ve been turning over in my head lately.  It has to do with a nerdy black t-shirt.  I was teaching high school English at the time, and I bought … Continue reading →

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Returning to Cyberspace

Posted on May 27, 2019 by evamccollaum

I’ve been gone for a time, nearly a year.  Why?  I’ll explain that later.  Here I want to celebrate home cooking.  For the past week I have been engaged in a bit of a home cooking joyride!  It has been … Continue reading →

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Bookish Directions

Posted on June 27, 2018 by evamccollaum

In two days we’ll be ready for one heck of an event.  The Bookish Affair will begin on the NMMI Campus at 2:00 pm in Mabee Hall, and I have come to realize that most people have not visited the … Continue reading →

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It’s Finally Here!

Posted on June 26, 2018 by evamccollaum

Yes, the hottest week of the year is finally here–the week when just stepping outside is equivalent to stepping into a tandoori oven, and the JOY Writers are once again sponsoring A Bookish Affair.  Hold on to your backsides, folks. … Continue reading →

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Constructive Criticism

Posted on June 8, 2018 by evamccollaum

I used to take voice lessons, and for those who have not done so, voice lessons can be a great deal more daunting than you might think. They test the self and the confidence in all sorts of strange ways. … Continue reading →

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Spring Break Ends

Posted on April 8, 2018 by evamccollaum

It doesn’t seem fair that Spring Break is over since I feel like I have zero motivation to get back to school tomorrow morning.  I’m serious.  I am infected with terrible Spring Fever, and I have to write a test … Continue reading →

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Best Huck Sentence 2

Posted on January 22, 2018 by evamccollaum

It’s that time of week again.  It’s time for me to add to the best sentences.  I have so many this week, it’s hard to choose just five.  I chose fifteen for my lecture on this set of chapters, that … Continue reading →

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Latinate

Posted on January 22, 2018 by evamccollaum

Years ago I attended a lecture in which the professor’s thesis was that Yeats in his “Wild Swans at Coole” consciously chose to use almost all Anglo Saxon words until he could drop Latinate words and cause little bombs to … Continue reading →

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Freedom without “Freedom”

Posted on January 17, 2018 by evamccollaum

So…I’m a little behind on my posting, so I’m going to find a way to double post.  We’ll see how it goes. Anyway, my Juniors were given the assignment to write a poem using a metaphor to represent freedom.  That … Continue reading →

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What are You?

Posted on January 14, 2018 by evamccollaum

I have asked my students to define their own culture.  It’s tricky, isn’t it?  Culture and race are different, at least to my mind.  Your race you inherit.  You have nothing to say about it.  Your culture you can bend. … Continue reading →

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