Blog

Yesterday I spent the day writing and putting together a book I didn’t plan on writing. Due to some things said during the Women’s Retreat I attended on Saturday, I began to think about a journal focused on some of the things about which women in my group talked. I have a major conference coming up in four weeks. I don’t have time for a new project. My list of things to do for the

This week, after some procrastination, I had to get my act together and figure out what to give fellow volunteers as gifts as the end of the school year approaches. Too tired to force myself to go shopping and eyes burning from looking at my computer screen, I turned to catalogues. What frustrates me about both paper catalogues and computer shopping is I always wonder if items will be as wonderful as they look in

I’ve never forgotten when I heard Jeff Gerke say “The only writing rule a writer can’t break is ‘don’t break faith with your reader.’ But if you break a rule, break it well.” The quote might not be exact because it has been a few years, but it is close. I thought of Jeff while at the Write In The Springs conference last Saturday. In class after class the rule “Don’t use the same noun

I made a mistake and forgot to publish this last week, so I’m publishing it this week. The 2018 Baseball Season is just a week old. The Colorado Rockies have been on the road in Arizona and San Diego for the week and has a record of four wins and three losses. Those of us in Colorado have been looking forward to the home opener. A sold-out crowd of more than 50,000 fans have tickets

One of the most common questions I’m asked by new authors is “Why should I go to writing conferences?” Their reasons for thinking conferences are not something they want to do are many. The most common reasons are: They are too expensive. I’m just a beginner. I’m going to feel foolish with all those published authors. I’m just a beginner. I could never talk to a publisher or agent. I wouldn’t know what to do