What a Writer Does When She’s Not Writing

What a Writer Does When She’s Not Writing

Yesterday, I finished the final edit of Grave Heritage and sent it to my publisher. Funny thing, toward the last of the book, when Darcy and Flora are running from a killer and a flooded creek is between them and safety, I forgot that I was supposed to be checking for typos. Realizing I was […]

Arkansas Loon Flies to Minnesota

Arkansas Loon Flies to Minnesota

A story has a beginning, a middle, and an end. So does a gourd. A gourd starts with a seed, just as a story starts with the germ of an idea. The similarity between a gourd and a story is interesting. Among my stash of gourds, I searched until I found one whose bottom part resembled […]

Meanderings

Meanderings

Yesterday was one of those days when I didn’t do much besides sit at my computer. Although it looked like I was just sitting, believe me, I was working–hard! I went with a teenager named Jay as he faced a bully at school and agonized with his parents on how to deal with the problem. […]