elma's almanac
reading, writing, & RETROspectives
Monday, June 30, 2025
poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and essay submissions invited
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The Ampersand Review, based in the Toronto area, is a paying publication currently accepting " submissions of poetry, fiction, creati...
Monday, June 9, 2025
Happy Fathers Day
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Simon is a good father, but his mother doesn't always think so. Here's a three-generation scene from my novel SONG FOR SUSIE EP...
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
SONG FOR SUSIE EPP reviewed by Sheri Hathaway in FOLKLORE magazine
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Thanks to Sheri Hathaway for this thoughtful review and to editor Patrick Lee for publishing it in FOLKLORE: SASKATCHEWAN'S YESTERD...
Sunday, April 6, 2025
Springtime in 1970s Saskatchewan
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Elbow, Saskatchewan (fictionalized as Dayspring) is the setting for about half of my novel SONG FOR SUSIE EPP. Here's a peek into Susie...
Monday, March 24, 2025
BETWEEN US, a memoir by Finnish Canadian author Pirkko Rytkonon reviewed by Elma (Martens) Schemenauer
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Author Pirkko Rytkonon has a Finnish heritage. She grew up attending Finnish Free Churches and Finnish Pentecostal Churches. I have a M...
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