Regular Contributors to the Dew

Poopie @ Pecan Lane
Celia Rivenbark
Cappy Hall Rearick
Rosie @ Smokey Mountain Breakdown
Bettye Hudson Galloway
Idgie, Editor/Owner of the Dew
Monica Shaughnessy
Dietrich Kalteis
Danny P. Barbare
Jack Peachum
Jeremy Burris
Redoubt
Tom Fillion
Paula Ray
Elisabeth Rosen
Clarence Bowles
Nita Risher McGlawn
Judy Ricker
Shannon Michaels
Nomi Lorin
Derek Richards
Nina Roselle
Jane-Ann Heitmueller
Gina Below
Mellie Duke Justad




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This is a constant work in progress - additions are frequently added!

If you don't see your name and feel you qualify for frequent contributor status, please send me an email. The original list crashed and I'm in the process of recreating it.

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Send your stories to dewonthekudzu@gmail.com!

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Changes are coming!


The Dew has seen a change recently in regards to incoming content and interest and because of this, we've decided to make a few changes ourselves.


We have decided we are going to focus on writers and books and the such for now.


We will continue to work with the publishing houses and authors for book reviews and our main page will continue to be submissions by writers - be it stories, poems, thoughts on life, or just amusing tales that they would care to pass along. We will continue to stay out of editorials.


As of this time we will no longer bring in pieces on places to visit in the South, festivals or restaurant reviews/recipes.


We will concentrate on The Written Word.


There will be some minor tweaks to the Dew's look, but nothing too drastic.


Keep reading and writing!


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URL Addresses

Dew on the Kudzu can now be found at:

http://dewonthekudzu.net

and

http://dewonthekudzu.com

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Why does the Dew spell Ya'll the way it does?

The Most Heated Language Discussion Out There!
(not really, but the amount of email I receive telling me I'm spelling Ya'll wrong is mindboggling.)

This has got to be one of the most contested words in the English language these days. The amusing part is I don't think it was even considered a word until a few years ago when Webster added it to the dictionary.

So here's the issue. It was always slang, and slang by it's nature, is spelled however that region says it. I grew up in Mississippi and have always spelled it ya'll. All my friends spell it that way. It could be because we didn't really say "you", we said "ya" so we spelled it that way.

Basically, everything I have read says that you spell it the way you do depending on your region and your accent. The "you" or "ya" have a lot to do with it.

I've checked definitions for it, and found 15,000 different answers. Below I have a small portion of an article that I believe supports my spelling.

I will say this, everyone can spell it how they want for all I care. I will not correct them. I will not even edit it in any article for the Dew if it's spelled differently than the way I spell it.

But I am awfully tired of receiving rude emails from total strangers telling my I'm incorrect. Here's the deal, you do it your way, and I'll do it mine! Sound good?



Original article in a size you can read is HERE.

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Submit Articles or Simply Chat

The Dew is always looking for new stories, poems, anything really as long as it's Southern in nature. If you have something you feel would be of interest or just have the writing bug going on.........please send me a note.

The Dew does not pay for submissions, but I am always willing to put any links or author bio's up about you to direct interest your way.

I also do not accept advertisements for $, but if I believe it's an interesting Southern product, I will put it on the site........just because. :)

You can always contact me, Idgie at the below email address. Suggestions, ideas, articles and stories.

Also, if you're an author or publishing house looking for a book review, please send me a note and I will send you the Dew address. I strive to have a review up within two weeks of receiving the book.

dewonthekudzu@gmail.com



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