Uncategorized 2014 in Review 27 Dec 2014 When the year starts out, as 2014 did for me, there is precious little expectation for the rest of it. You see, that was the day of my mother's funeral. The…
Uncategorized… Editors – Three Important Reasons Writers Need Them! 30 Mar 201330 Mar 2013 The question of who needs an editor comes up often once a manuscript is finished. Editor and blogging friend Linda Paul answers this for us in the post on editors…
Entertainment… What Do You Like To Read? 5 Jun 2012 Mystery? Suspense? Romance? Science Fiction? Memoir? Humor? What calls you back to the written word? Fantasy? Do it Yourself? Cookbooks? What are you looking for in the pages of a…
landscape… The Year That Changed My Life 10 Oct 2011 "Inside you there's an artist you don't know...say yes quickly, if you know, if you've known it from before the beginning of the universe." - Rumi The holiday that I…
Writing Synopsis Confusion 21 Sep 201121 Sep 2011 When I was in college - albeit many, many years ago - I was taught that a proper synopsis was 1 page for every 25 pages of manuscript. Thorough, complete,…
self-help… Happy Birthday ‘She Writes’ 29 Jun 201129 Jun 2011 Happy second birthday She Writes, an organization of writers - both published and not. She Writes turns two on June 29. Women from around the world congregate here online to…
Entertainment… How Do You Find a Writing Community? 12 May 2011 When I left Essoyes, France last October, the last instruction given to me by the teacher - Janet Hulstrand - was to find a community of writers to surround myself…