The coronavirus pandemic is frightful for many and is having a wide-ranging impact on our community and residents throughout North-Central Indiana.

This is an invitation to share your story with our readers.

InkFreeNews wants to hear how you are doing, whether you are a student, parent or senior, or someone living alone or with a big family. Are you a business owner, teacher or health care worker with an interesting perspective? Tell us how the virus has changed your life and how you are adjusting.

We’re looking for well-written stories that read like an essay. There is no word limit. Stories selected for publication are up to InkFreeNews. Submissions full of bad grammar and misspellings or ones that go wildly off-topic will be rejected.

Essays can be submitted to our InkFreeNews Facebook message system or emailed to Dan Spalding at [email protected]. Please include a phone number.

We will confirm all entries before publication and would like to have a photo that will run with the essay. InkFreeNews can visit to take a photo, but we’ll be practicing social distancing.

We hope to hear from you.