Foghorn Greetings, Maryland Writer! All this month it is April 2026!  Isn’t that strange?  Thirty days of spring, glorious spring in Maryland, the most beautiful state of all these magnificent United States of America!  I’m both happy and proud to be here.  This week...

Belated Greetings, Maryland Writer! Welcome to March 2026!  Spring is afoot, yet snow is in the air.  Yesterday, we had sunshine, then sleet, followed by a heavy snow – with thunder – then more sunshine and thirty-knot wind gusts.  The Chesapeake Bay, normally a tranquil ...

It's that time of year again! When the leaves are turning and the air is crisper and cooler. The time when lots of people start using their fireplaces and cozying up with a good book next to it! Wouldn't it be great if your book was what people were reading? Well if you're an MWA member in good stan...

Greetings, Fantastical Maryland Writer! From the office of MWA's Executive Committee President, I write to wish happy holidays for you and yours.  Regardless of your affiliations – or lack thereof – December is a month of many endings, each of which begets the start of something ne...

Greetings, Fant-abulous Maryland Writer! Welcome to February 2026!  Did you see what I did there?  Yup, I fabricated a word.  Just like that, creation within creation.   That’s the power of our artform.  Indeed, I believe words have power – real power! ...