self-help… Finding My Voice 24 Jun 201124 Jun 2011 When people discover that I write, they inevitably ask me what I write about. And I usually answer - everything! I write fiction, non-fiction, poetry, suspense, romance, travel stories, humor,…
holiday… Essoyes and the Giant Machines 23 Jun 201123 Jun 2011 The town was nearly deserted - its few hundred residents away at school, work, or shopping in a distant village. Besides a small grocer, bakery, bank, butcher, pizzeria, art studios,…
Writing Channeling Ernest Hemingway 22 Jun 201122 Jun 2011 Ernest Hemingway's first wife lost all of his work at one point in their lives - every handwritten note, every diligently typed page and carbon copy. She was taking a…
family… Making Plum Jam and Memories 20 Jun 201120 Jun 2011 Blessed with plums, the question becomes what to do with them. I've already made a tart and a crumble, and am still looking a bowl full of beautifully ripe fruit.…
Uncategorized “Either write something worth reading about, or do something worth writing about.” 31 May 201131 May 2011 Benjamin Franklin, born more than three hundred years ago, left us with many valuable thoughts. Among them; "Either write something worth reading about, or do something worth writing about. This…
Uncategorized Writing At The Writers Retreat 14 May 201114 May 2011 Yesterday, we began class with a surprise bag of items that had to be thrown out onto each table when Rhonda said 'go'. Each item then had to go into…
Uncategorized Asheville, NC and Writer’s Retreat At Lutheridge 13 May 201113 May 2011 Throw the rabbit in the briar patch - toss me in a group of writers, readers, editors, publishers - and I am like the starving woman feasting on bread and…
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…
home… Spring Cleaning – Inside and Out 21 Apr 201121 Apr 2011 The storms over the weekend caused my focus to shift indoors. It is time to flip mattresses, and move furniture to allow every nook and cranny to be dust free.…
Uncategorized Studying Abroad 14 Apr 201114 Apr 2011 Six months ago I attended a writing workshop in France - 'Writing from the Heart...in the Heart of Champagne' - held twice a year by teacher, writer, and editor Janet…