by Sarah Purdy | Sep 10, 2018 | Creative Nonfiction, Our Books
by Ben Chiodo If you truly love the sport of fishing, then you are no longer the one doing the catching. The fish have bagged you. You’re the trophy. Your weight is insignificant, and you don’t need to fear being stuffed and mounted on a wall. But you’ll always have a...
by Sarah Purdy | Sep 4, 2018 | Book Place, Book Releases & Events
Carol Van Klompenburg, author and retired Write Place owner, and Sarah Purdy, our book editor and publishing consultant, will be featured presenters for an event at the Pella Public Library Meeting Room on September 11 at 7 p.m. The evening kicks off with a short...
by Sarah Purdy | Aug 10, 2018 | Book Place, Book Releases & Events
Fortunate: The Fabulous, Fantastic Filly, written by Debbie Brady Shellady and illustrated by Victoria Peterson Laird, is the latest children’s book published by the Write Place. It tells the true story of Fortunate, a foal that is born three weeks before she is...
by Sarah Purdy | Jun 18, 2018 | Book Place, Book Releases & Events
Carol Van Klompenburg, author and retired Write Place owner, started her first flower garden 25 years ago. “When I announced my plans to plant flowers in front of our house, my husband was skeptical,” she recalled. “I had tried a vegetable garden years earlier, and it...
by Sarah Purdy | Jun 8, 2018 | Creative Nonfiction, Our Books
by Carol Van Klompenburg As you open Tending Beauty, prepare to chuckle, wince, and experience wonder. Whether you garden a lot, a little, or not at all, you will relish your forays into the garden alongside Carol Van Klompenburg. Using prose, poetry, and pictures,...
