Tag: MWSA

Untold Stories

K.C. Alfred / The San Diego Union-Tribune, Jan. 3, 2022

This month, the USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN deployed with the first female commander in charge of an aircraft carrier in history, Capt. Amy Capt. Bauernschmidt. I had a personal connection to this event from my Navy career dating back to 1995. I recently wrote a related story for the Military Writers Society of America (MWSA) Untold Stories anthology, which starts:

“The term ‘pioneer’ conjures up images of early settlers venturing out West taking risks for new beginnings. I never saw myself as a pioneer but found myself among a group of pioneers as one of the first women to deploy on a combat aircraft carrier.”

The story ends with a salute to Capt. Bauernschmidt, and those who follow her, for continuing the adventure and pioneering more new beginnings.

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Understanding Third-Person Point of View

This is an outstanding article on point of view in writing. During writing workshops I’ve been a part of with the Military Writers Society of America (MWSA), this is a topic that new writers usually have questions about. Now I have an excellent resource to refer writers to. And I appreciated the author’s concise and understandable explanations. So thank you, Tiffany Yates Martin.

Understanding Third-Person Point of View: Omniscient, Limited and Deep | Jane Friedman

Writer of the Year Finalists!

I’m honored to be in the company of two distinguished authors as a 2020 Military Writers Society of America Mike Mullins Memorial Writer of the Year Finalist. Here’s what my fellow finalist, and friend, Kathleen Rodgers, had to say about it.

https://kathleenmrodgers.com/blog/f/2020-mwsa-writer-of-the-year-finalists-announced