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Summer’s Here (In Case You Hadn’t Noticed)

Posted on June 26, 2025 by Lida Bushloper

I’m delighted to have a new poem accepted. You can read it here, but you have to scroll down to the bottom of the page. I’m even more delighted to have discovered a new market for light verse. Not new, … Continue reading →

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Never Give Up

Posted on February 11, 2025 by Lida Bushloper

The February 17 issue of Woman’s World Magazine contains my mini-mystery, “The Chocolate Candy Thief.” This is a big win for me. I’ve been trying to sell stories to Woman’s World for decades, literally decades. I’ve sold them a … Continue reading →

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Hot Off the Pixels

Posted on December 24, 2024 by Lida Bushloper

My newest short story, “Actions Speak Louder,” went up on Dec. 15 at Yellow Mama. You can read it here.

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BOLO II

Posted on July 14, 2022 by Lida Bushloper

If you have a source for Woman’s World Magazine, I have another of those short pieces in their “Circle Of Kindness” column. It will be in the issue with the cover date of August 1, 2022, but which will be … Continue reading →

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So, How Was the Play?

Posted on July 7, 2022 by Lida Bushloper

I had another story accepted. It won’t come out till next year. But, how did it get written? I wish I knew. Then I could write more and get more stories accepted and published. I can only tell you (and … Continue reading →

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I’ll Take It

Posted on May 23, 2021 by Lida Bushloper

I’m please to say that my limerick was chosen as a runner up in the Saturday Evening Post‘s Jan./Feb. limerick contest. They don’t print the runners up in the magazine, but you can read my entry here, although you’ll have … Continue reading →

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Can I Handle Being a Pest?

Posted on October 20, 2020 by Lida Bushloper

If I have to, yes. I used to spend hours agonizing about how to approach an editor, or the owner of a micro-press, with questions, requests for updates, clarification of certain points in the guidelines. I didn’t want to “bother” … Continue reading →

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Money

Posted on October 5, 2020 by Lida Bushloper

I don’t make enough money from writing to deduct writing expenses. But I still have them, so I look forward to the day when I might, in fact, be able to balance them against what I’ve earned. My accountant was … Continue reading →

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Less Than I Thought

Posted on September 21, 2020 by Lida Bushloper

What do you need to write? Ideas? A certain space? A block of time? Quiet? Solitude? Physical comfort? An Internet connection? A writing group? An MFA? What if you don’t have what you think is essential? Are you dead in … Continue reading →