Filliam's Profile
| Penname: | Filliam |
| Country: | United States |
| Web address: | www.phylsbooks.com |
| Favorite book: | Lots! |
| Member type: | Author |
| Member Since: | Sep 14, 2010 |
| Bio: | Phyl started writing seriously following retirement after forty-five years of largely international teaching/administration. She has now published dozens of articles/stories in U.A. and abroad---plus five books. /She has used the capable TNBW members (she thanks you!) for sharpening the last two (narrative nonfiction anthologies). Chief interests: people, life. Specialty areas: the Inupiat (Arctic Inuit of tradition based on doctoral studies in cultural anthropology) and international wildlife. |
User Writings
| Title/Name | Date | Ranking | Reviews | Type | |
| May 26, 2011 | 67 | 258 | Novel | ||
Barbara Bonder with her two children leave... | |||||
| Sep 19, 2012 | 458 | 8 | Novel | ||
3rd Posting of Historical Novel which I'm... | |||||
| Sep 10, 2012 | 394 | 11 | Novel | ||
THESE ARE LITTLE-KNOWN PEOPLE (CULTURE) IN A... | |||||
| Sep 16, 2012 | 406 | 11 | Novel | ||
2nd Post on book that I'm trying to make "more... | |||||
| Jul 31, 2011 | 581 | 10 | Poetry | ||
Again: reader response on emotional levels | |||||
| Nov 16, 2010 | 37 | 23 | Poetry | ||
The Inupiat are Arctic Inuit (since Arctic... | |||||
| Nov 11, 2011 | 1243 | 7 | Poetry | ||
Another little haiku (Hey! It's 17 syllables,... | |||||
| Mar 19, 2011 | 300 | 12 | Poetry | ||
Frost heaves can be dangerous---on the road and... | |||||
| Jul 31, 2011 | 99 | 17 | Poetry | ||
Fairly self-explanatory. What is reader's... | |||||
| Oct 6, 2012 | 1084 | 7 | Poetry | ||
Just a humble itty bitty haiku-y. View's too... | |||||
| May 3, 2011 | 417 | 10 | Poetry | ||
All right, Odin, perhaps this is my SECOND try... | |||||
| Apr 24, 2012 | 1290 | 6 | Poetry | ||
This is a humble haiku. Hope I got the... | |||||
| Sep 13, 2011 | 741 | 8 | Poetry | ||
Still hai-cooing however inexpertly . . . fun! | |||||
| Oct 16, 2011 | 275 | 11 | Poetry | ||
Haiku with subject told in title. Does it work? | |||||
| Feb 28, 2013 | 2251 | 4 | Poetry | ||
Not posted recently (been gone) but have NOT... | |||||
| Oct 29, 2011 | 818 | 8 | Short Story | ||
Like "Little Pitchers" and "Motel," this is one... | |||||
| Oct 4, 2010 | 322 | 13 | Short Story | ||
Uncle Charlie arrived suddenly, stayed for... | |||||
| Jul 9, 2012 | 352 | 11 | Short Story | ||
No, not a backstory. Yes, narrative... | |||||
| May 12, 2012 | 621 | 9 | Short Story | ||
In the interest of getting through these... | |||||
| Jun 2, 2012 | 669 | 11 | Short Story | ||
NOT a backstory! This is narrative nonfiction... | |||||
| Jun 2, 2012 | 1262 | 7 | Short Story | ||
Backstory---endless, apparently. Barbara sees... | |||||
| May 1, 2012 | 768 | 9 | Short Story | ||
Historical fiction? Could be, but not its... | |||||
| Feb 18, 2011 | 461 | 11 | Short Story | ||
All talk w/o substance or just "tardy proof"?... | |||||
| Mar 30, 2011 | 757 | 8 | Short Story | ||
Brief anecdote which writers may especially... | |||||
| May 31, 2012 | 1189 | 6 | Short Story | ||
Another LOVE BITE, a preliminary to Harold's... | |||||
| Mar 3, 2011 | 239 | 15 | Short Story | ||
Laundry over the years...Hmmm. You'll be... | |||||
| Sep 27, 2010 | 181 | 17 | Short Story | ||
Barbara and her mother are having "that"... | |||||
| May 13, 2012 | 1009 | 6 | Short Story | ||
Backstory, one of the "Love Bites," will you... | |||||
| Jun 16, 2012 | 292 | 13 | Short Story | ||
Hey, NOT a backstory! Here you'll see... | |||||
| Oct 23, 2010 | 271 | 12 | Short Story | ||
We are in Kathmandu, and a woman American... | |||||
| Sep 19, 2010 | 64 | 22 | Short Story | ||
Underwater in the West Pacific, I made a friend... | |||||
| Sep 22, 2010 | 735 | 12 | Short Story | ||
Just an Ordinary Saturday when the neighborhood... | |||||
| Oct 25, 2010 | 155 | 18 | Short Story | ||
Teresa has school attendance all figured out:... | |||||
| Mar 22, 2011 | 907 | 8 | Short Story | ||
TWO PARTS! A late night at a pan of baby... | |||||
| Mar 22, 2011 | 796 | 8 | Short Story | ||
Follows Part 1: Still the young elephants we... | |||||
| Sep 27, 2012 | 483 | 10 | Short Story | ||
Remember all those "white elephants" your Aunt... | |||||
| Nov 23, 2010 | 581 | 9 | Short Story | ||
This is first half of an adventure which takes... | |||||
| Nov 23, 2010 | 638 | 9 | Short Story | ||
Here's the other (final) part of this memoir.... | |||||
| Dec 9, 2010 | 365 | 12 | Short Story | ||
Yep, another memoir. This one's "A Gramma Who... | |||||
| Dec 29, 2010 | 205 | 14 | Short Story | ||
What happens after a Sumatran tiger puts both... | |||||
| May 27, 2012 | 888 | 8 | Short Story | ||
LOVE BITES contains a series of backstories... | |||||
| Feb 23, 2011 | 630 | 9 | Short Story | ||
Intercultural humor, a tad risqué, I... | |||||
| Nov 11, 2011 | 446 | 10 | Short Story | ||
This is a backstory from the posted novel... | |||||
| Mar 22, 2012 | 839 | 7 | Short Story | ||
Two contentive cousins race their pet rabbits.... | |||||
| Mar 10, 2011 | 83 | 20 | Short Story | ||
My husband died, but Social Security got the... | |||||
| Mar 13, 2011 | 691 | 9 | Short Story | ||
Late afternoon on Christmas Day at Yala... | |||||
| Mar 17, 2011 | 1135 | 7 | Short Story | ||
Grandpa and I were at war for nearly two years.... | |||||
| Mar 17, 2011 | 1093 | 7 | Short Story | ||
Grandpa and I continue our feud. ANY... | |||||
| Mar 26, 2011 | 331 | 11 | Short Story | ||
Ancient "Origin" Tale from Inupiat Oral... | |||||
| Apr 20, 2011 | 485 | 11 | Short Story | ||
The building of (a) character starts wa-a-ay... | |||||
| Jun 24, 2012 | 745 | 8 | Short Story | ||
This will be one article in a section entitled... | |||||
| Apr 15, 2012 | 296 | 12 | Short Story | ||
Barbara visits her cousins on the Kansas farm.... | |||||
| Apr 24, 2012 | 654 | 11 | Short Story | ||
Like "Rodozniak" and "Near Mister," this is... | |||||
| Jun 14, 2011 | 59 | 22 | Short Story | ||
HOPING THAT THE SQUEAMISH WILL AVOID THIS READ... | |||||
| Apr 19, 2012 | 727 | 8 | Short Story | ||
Only-child Barbara and her cousins! Feedback... | |||||
| Apr 26, 2012 | 921 | 7 | Short Story | ||
An important moment in Harold's life is today.... | |||||
| Jul 15, 2011 | 329 | 12 | Short Story | ||
The beginnings of the world's first "Crocodile... | |||||
| Apr 21, 2012 | 1024 | 8 | Short Story | ||
Several readers of first version (which I'll... | |||||
| Sep 9, 2011 | 996 | 7 | Short Story | ||
Best_Pitch_Contest_Entry. The framework for... | |||||
| Jun 14, 2012 | 889 | 7 | Short Story | ||
Brief. After the wedding, settling in. Nice,... | |||||
| Nov 18, 2011 | 629 | 9 | Short Story | ||
This is another backstory from WINDOWPANES.... | |||||
| Feb 20, 2012 | 246 | 14 | Short Story | ||
Think of this as a short story. Focus is NOT... | |||||
| May 23, 2012 | 1401 | 6 | Short Story | ||
A 1949 Backstory re Barbara from the LOVE BITES... | |||||
| May 7, 2012 | 1695 | 5 | Short Story | ||
A "different" kind of backstory from those... | |||||
| May 8, 2012 | 682 | 8 | Short Story | ||
The next backstory is not SO "narrated." Am... | |||||
| Oct 9, 2012 | 103 | 17 | Short Story | ||
Some thoughts on the subject of punctuation... | |||||
| May 9, 2012 | 1029 | 8 | Short Story | ||
Harold becomes a "regular" for week end meals.... | |||||
| Oct 12, 2012 | 111 | 16 | Short Story | ||
One has to write Bios for backs of books, for... | |||||
| May 17, 2012 | 866 | 8 | Short Story | ||
A VERY BRIEF backstory, placed chronologically,... | |||||
| Jun 5, 2012 | 1091 | 7 | Short Story | ||
These two backstories are related and follow... | |||||
| Jun 9, 2012 | 961 | 7 | Short Story | ||
VERY brief but necessary backstory---or is it... | |||||
| Jun 11, 2012 | 591 | 9 | Short Story | ||
Backstory (sigh) with problems getting it... | |||||
| Jun 20, 2012 | 903 | 8 | Short Story | ||
Yes, a backstory. Yes, from WINDOWPANES (never... | |||||
| Jun 28, 2012 | 387 | 11 | Short Story | ||
True story little known of a bobcat.... | |||||
| Jul 4, 2012 | 558 | 11 | Short Story | ||
The Wildlife Foundation specializes in exotic... | |||||
| Aug 6, 2012 | 543 | 9 | Short Story | ||
A certain white tiger cub has gene pool... | |||||
| Aug 19, 2012 | 244 | 12 | Short Story | ||
Filliam in Wonderland. She thought she "knew"... | |||||
| Aug 24, 2012 | 843 | 7 | Short Story | ||
Although dissimilar in appearance and... | |||||
| Sep 1, 2012 | 96 | 19 | Short Story | ||
A short narrative nonfiction which may get your... | |||||
| Sep 7, 2012 | 259 | 12 | Short Story | ||
Another short selection from "For the Writers... | |||||
| Nov 24, 2012 | 388 | 10 | Short Story | ||
Backstory (Repost by Request) from WINDOWPANES.... | |||||
