Honored to have a poem I wrote about my late mother in this Moms Who Write anthology! It's a beautiful volume. Congrats to the other poets! Get your copy of THE MAGIC OF US on Amazon. Makes a great gift! amzn.to/47MIvJT | #poetry #anthology #momswhowrite

Next week! @HellenicMuseum

Have you read my latest book reviews? mariakaramitsos.com/2026/10/…

Greek-Australians Write Back! Voices of Change. ONLINE! November 6. Register docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…

I love giveaways! Just selected the winner of my October giveaway & emailed the winner. 🙂

Adelaide hosts inaugural Greek-Australian Writers’ Festival greekherald.com.au/news/adel… via @greek_herald

To Read a Little or To Read Lot? Are You Kidding? Read a LOT! janefriedman.com/to-read-a-l… by Andrew Welsh-Huggins for @JaneFriedman

Australia May Legalize AI Training on Your Books. Sign a Statement Opposing It. authorsguild.org/news/austra… via @AuthorsGuild

'The children lost to Greece’s Civil War' and a new book by @VicHislop ekathimerini.com/culture/131… via @ekathimerini

Kleo says no work today. Go for a walk & enjoy the sunshine. Then go write. 😉 Sounds good to me!

OK subscribers. This is it! Enter the October giveaway by noon central TODAY. Check my newsletter for details. GO! You could win this book by @FrancescaCatlow !

‘Mourka: My Odyssey from Kentucky to Koupaki,’ Moving Historical Fiction by Panos Konandreas thenationalherald.com/mourka… via @NationalHerald

How to Research a Historical Novel Inspired by Family History janefriedman.com/how-to-rese… via @JaneFriedman

TOMORROW at @UofIllinois @ noon, 306 Coble Hall. Includes lunch. Register na01.safelinks.protection.ou…

Greek-Australians Write Back! Voices of Change new.enl.auth.gr/conf/greek-a… VIRTUAL event November 5

What Many Novelists Get Wrong About Preparation janefriedman.com/what-many-n… by Karmen Spiljak for @JaneFriedman

Yiannis Antiochou: ‘Endings are our small, everyday defeats’ tovima.com/stories/yiannis-a… via @tovimagr

'Prominent Turkish author to host int’l translators, publishers in Istanbul'. Session that "encourages critical reflection & literature’s contribution to dialogue between Türkiye & GR sound fascinating. hurriyetdailynews.com/promin… via @HDNER

OK writer friends: In close 3rd POV, if the POV character has dialogue, say with her mother, in dialogue tags, do you say, "Mom said" or use character name? And in references to that character? GO!