MARILYN A. HUDSON: The Writing side: Early Photo of Bethany, OK Orphanage Highlights Isolation

Friday, August 24, 2012

Early Photo of Bethany, OK Orphanage Highlights Isolation

1912 - the hillside, still covered by brush and trees, as far as the eye could see. Bethany several miles to the east. the rail line close to a mile to the north.... what was it like riding a wagon to those doors?

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Sam MaxfieldOctober 17, 2012 at 8:47 AM
Very haunting and chilling image. Gives me writing prickles!
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Marilyn A. Hudson blends her degrees in history and library services to craft works both informative and imagainative.

She is the author of several works of non-fiction, often historic in nature: 'One Night Club and A Mulebarn" (Co-author, Tate 2006) ; 'When Death Rode the Rails' (WHORL 2009); 'The Year Without Halloween' (WHORL 2009); 'Those Pesky Verses of Paul' (WHORL 2009).

She has also written several fiction works: "Elephant Hips are Expensive" (HHP, 2005) ; 'Night Voices' (WHORL 2008); and is currently completing a novel with a co-author.

Hudson has traveled Oklahoma for over ten years as a storyteller, workshop presenter, and speaker.

A professional in library and information studies, Hudson has been a librarian in public schools, public libraries, and currently is an administrator in an academic library.

MY ONLINE FILE

Bibliography of printed material of Marilyn A. Hudson - my cyber file cabinet!
Hudson, Marilyn A., 1955 -
“More than enough.” Helping Hand (July 1976):4-5.
“Christian and Christians”. Reach (Dec. 1978):12-13.
“In Every Nation”, IPHC Advocate (March 23, 1980):5
“Seeing and Seeing”, IPHC Advocate. (Nov. 9, 1989):12-13.
“Found: One Christmas”. Helping Hand (Dec. 1980):14-15.
“Set Free”. Reach (Spring 1981):2
“Truth or Consequences”, IPHC Advocate (Jan. 28, 1981)8-9, 13.“Whom Do You Serve?” IPHC Advocate (Oct. 25, 1981)
“In At The Finish”. IPHC Advocate (Dec. 27, 1981):4-5.
“My Flower Lady”. Oklahoma City Public Schools,
“Parental Delinquency”. IPHC Advocate (March 14, 1982): 12-13.
“The Day the Night Came”, IPHC Advocate, (Dec. 12, 1982):4-5.
“The Canyon.” IPHC Advocate (Sept. 26, 1982):6-7.
“Five Grains of Corn”, “The Empty Manager”, “It’s How You Use It”, Helping Hand (October 1982).
“Battle Cry of Freedom”. Helping Hand (July 1983): 4-5.
“Looking Forward” and “Some Trust in Chariots”, Helping Hand, (Fall 1984).
“No Rocking Chair in Sight”. IPHC Advocate (September 1984):10-11. Writing as “Mary Innis Boyd”.
“Arminius: The One-Track Angel”, IPHC Advocate (Jan. 1985).
“Prayer in A Frozen Night”, IPHC Advocate (September 1985):6.
*“How To Remain a Christian While Shopping”, Helping Hand (Nov./Dec., 1986):13.
“The Game Shop”, IPHC Advocate (July 1987): 6-7.
“In Obedience [study worksheets] . IPHC Advocate.(January-December 1987).
“A Reasonable Faith”. CE Connection (S/O, 1987):3.
“From the Pew to the Parsonage.” Clergy Family Newsletter (Oklahoma UMC) (April 1990).
Various news articles as a Stringer. Enid News. Drummond News column.
"Truman's Reading Buffalo" Reading Council newsletter,ca 1995.
“Annie Oklahoma: An Original Oklahoma Tall Tale.” Red Dirt Book Festival Anthology, vol. 1. Norman: Oklahoma: Pioneer Library System, 2003.
"New Comer Comments on Attending OLA", OLA, ca. 2003.
"Shadow Tales of Oklahoma." Norman, OK: Hudson House Publishing, 2005.
"Off the Page!: Basic Tips for Storytelling". Norman, OK: Hudson House Publishing, 2005.
"Runestone". Red Dirt Book Festival Anthology, vol. 2. Norman, Oklahoma: Pioneer Library System, 2005.
"One Nightclub and a Mule Barn." Mustang, OK: Tate Publishing, 2006.
"Elephant Hips are Expensive!" Norman, OK: Hudson House Publishing, 2007.
"Night Voices" (2008)
"Word and Women" (2008)
"Those Pesky Verses of Paul" (2008)
"Form from Shadow" (2008)
"Annie Oklahoma" (2007) , Red Dirt Book Festival Anthology, vol. 2. Pioneer Library System.
"Annie Oklahoma: Tales from the Plains." Whorl Books, 2008.
"The Bottomless Well." (2009) Red Dirt Book Festival Anthology, vol. 3, Pioneer Library System.

On the drawing board:
"The Year Without a Halloween"
"When Death Rode the Rails."
"Foul Harvest"

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Friday, August 24, 2012

Early Photo of Bethany, OK Orphanage Highlights Isolation

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