This morning I’ve decided to write about what I am up to. My current class is all about mapping out a novel. Last week I got my novel plotted, and this week I will be concentrating on characters. I’m hoping once the novel is finished, I can get an agent […]
Sitting, watching, waiting. The snow slowly drips off the patio table as I wait for spring weather to finally appear. My garden calls with garlic and onions peeking out through the thin white layer. “We’re ready!” Almost. Be patient. Tulips are braver and daffodils the bravest of them all. “Our […]
(Fictional mini-excerpt) It was quite convenient to have a judge in the family. How else had his indiscretions with children gone unnoticed by the legal system? Unnoticed by the legal system perhaps, but not unnoticed. Visits with Uncle Charlie were always supervised. Joseph could never understand why Mom wouldn’t let […]
As I hit the publish button on my first post, I was swallowed by fear. What if no one reads it? What if someone reads it? What if they roll their eyes and say, “Another website? Really?” I’m known to move from project to project without any of them really […]
I’ve been keeping a secret. But like all good secrets, it can’t be kept for long. It seems so contradictory to put my secret up for the world to see and yet still keep it mostly to myself. What is the secret you ask? Well, it’s this. This site, this […]