Two-Lane Livin' is the largest independent publication in West Virginia. There are 16,000 copies distributed in 20 counties each month.
I pick up and deliver 200 of those copies each month.
On the way home on Monday, we left some at the Ravenswood Library. I just love these huge rocks outside the library. I guess they are old grinding stones. I can't even imagine how much they weigh.
We also dropped off some at Your Family Restaurant in Kenna. It is a little country restaurant and so many people go there to eat. It is the only restaurant in the area. I see lots of people who say they pick up their copy from here.
Then off to McDonald's in Fairplain. It is right down the road from where we live and gets lots of business from local people and I-77.
In Ripley we left them at the Ripley Library. They also have a nice little seating area outside with another big stone.
We delivered copies to City National Bank and then we walked down this little alley. I love this little alley. I can just imagine the horse driven delivery trucks traveling through here in the old days. I'm looking at the court house here.
Doors and windows have been bricked up.
After traveling through the alley we delivered copies to Crabby Patti's.
I still have a few more to deliver. I always keep copies to give to my neighbors and the women at church. They look forward to receiving them. One of my friends at church likes to try out the recipes. I look forward to seeing the front cover each month. I keep saying I am going to submit a picture for consideration, but I haven't yet. Anyone can submit a picture for consideration and she has a reader's page called, From The Passenger Seat, where readers can submit stories, essays (no more than 650 words long) and poems (no more than 50 lines) for consideration.
I haven't got my children's manuscripts published - yet. I received another rejection this week. It was from Boyds Mills Press (my second one this year from them). I guess they don't like my work, but at least they have the courtesy to let you know. So until something is accepted, I will be satisfied that my writing is being seen and read by thousands of people in Two-Lane Livin'.
I haven't got my children's manuscripts published - yet. I received another rejection this week. It was from Boyds Mills Press (my second one this year from them). I guess they don't like my work, but at least they have the courtesy to let you know. So until something is accepted, I will be satisfied that my writing is being seen and read by thousands of people in Two-Lane Livin'.
Happy Writing!
