JUNE GILLAM
Novelist, Poet, Gorilla Girl

ELECTIONS, CANDIDATES & DIRTY TRICKS: IT WAS THE SEASON
Tuesday, May 22, 2018, was the runoff election day in Texas, in which two people were competing to be the Democratic candidate to oppose the current Republican incumbent, running for re-election in the general election in November. In that season of primary elections...
iPhone Lament
First draft of today's poem: First thing in the morning Enter passcode to update later tonight or later the forced choice from my iPhone stands at the top of the screen blocking me until I decide why this madness to update all the time? what's wrong with letting it...
Feel like a quick write?
Today's prompts are short and invite you into a 20 or 25-minute freewrite. Share here with Reply Comment below if you'd like feedback. 1. Rainbow 2. ICU 3. Squirrel
Kings & Queens Rise: A Youth Voice Forum for Healing
On Good Friday afternoon, Kings players Vince Carter and Garrett Temple and retired guard Doug Christie were scheduled to appear at an event titled "Kings and Queens Rise: A Youth Voice Forum for Healing" at 5 p.m. Friday at South Sacramento Christian Church....
Keep your powder dry? Writing Prompts for March 22, 2018
Trinity Writing Group March 22, 2018 You’re invited to keep out of the NorCal rain and write along with us. Any of these three prompts suit your fancy? Best ways to “keep your powder dry.” A date you’ll never forget. Is it more risky to be a borrower or a lender?...
Writing prompts for March 15, 2018
1. Do you beware the “Ides of March” or not? 2. Considering George Elliot’s Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life, what does “provincial” mean in its narrow-minded sense regarding the nature of marriage, idealism, or education? 3. Your taxes ready for April 15? Join...
Good Luck Writing Prompts for March 8, 2018
In this month focused on St. Patrick, many lively thoughts come to mind. Here are three to bounce off of, as suits your fancy: 1. What has brought you good luck? 2. Describe someone you know you will love forever and how you know that. 3. When did you hear a blessing...
Writing Prompts for March 1, 2018
For Trinity Cathedral Writing Group and any others who would like to write along with us. 1. What does "keeping kosher" mean? What dietary restrictions do you place on yourself? When and how? 2. Discuss the "reality" that TV is showing us. 3. If offered a “brain...
WNBA stars of the future?
2018 CIF Sac-Joaquin Section Girls Basketball Championship Division I
The author known as MUD comes clean
Gorilla Girl was able to hold onto MUD long enough for a Q & A session this week. Readers and writers of all ages can see inside the mind of this cool young newcomer to the literary scene--The Raven's Nest is available at amazon in e-book and paperback formats at...