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Best Laid Plans…

I had planned to write the end-of-year blog post about what happened to me last year. Some of it might have been true; some of it might have been fantasy. Each time I sat to write, I found that, while my year had been good, it hadn't been all that memorable. I mean, I...

Lessons Learned–And Broken

Almost any writer can tell you that the moment she comes out as a "writer," she will drown in a deluge of conflicting advice. Most of this is unwanted, or at least not requested. Some of the "advice" I received included "always write about what you know." I can tell...

Surviving Writer’s Brain Cramps

Over the weekend I came down with a bad case of cramps. Writer's cramps. Brain cramps. Words got stuck, no matter what I tried. Then, I remembered a blog post I'd read just that week. Derek Doepker, an expert on ebook marketing who has become my guru (even though he...

Why I Don’t Run For A plane

Back in the late 73s, I was stuck in traffic on my way to Los Angeles International Airport to catch a PSA jet to San Diego to attend a trade show. Even then, "rush" hour traffic ran generally twenty-four hours a day. I finally pulled into a parking lot, grabbed my...

Lessons Learned–And Broken

Lessons Learned–And Broken

Oct 10, 2023 | #AmWriting, #BookTeaser, #NewRelease, #WritingLife, Anthology, Book Promotion

Almost any writer can tell you that the moment she comes out as a "writer," she will drown in a deluge of conflicting...

Surviving Writer’s Brain Cramps

Jul 28, 2023 | #AmWriting, #WritingLife, Editing, Writer's Block

Over the weekend I came down with a bad case of cramps. Writer's cramps. Brain cramps. Words got stuck, no matter what...

Why I Don’t Run For A plane

Jun 23, 2023 | #AmWriting, #Memories, #WritingLife, Writing a Series, Writing Challenge, Writing Inspiration

Back in the late 73s, I was stuck in traffic on my way to Los Angeles International Airport to catch a PSA jet to San...

Twas the Night Before Deadline

Twas the Night Before Deadline

Dec 24, 2022 | #AmWriting, #GoofingAround, #Memories, #NewReadersWanted, #StayHomeAndRead, #WritingLife

with apologies to CLEMENT CLARKE MOORE 'Twas the night before deadline, when all through the house Not a writer...

If Not Now

If Not Now

May 27, 2022 | #AmWriting

I'm likely to catch hell for this post, but I don't care. I've written passionately about rape, bullying, drug...

Twas the Night Before Deadline

Dec 15, 2021 | #AmWriting, #GoofingAround, #WritingLife, Uncategorized

I always rerun this post just before Christmas in honor of the angst my fellow writers and I often feel. I hope you...

Introducing BETRAYAL

Oct 1, 2021 | #AmWriting, #BookTeaser, #NewReadersWanted, #NewRelease, Uncategorized

It took longer than I thought, but at last I can announce that my latest thriller, BETRAYAL, is days away from...

Pods, Pods, Pods

Sep 10, 2020 | #AmWriting, #GoofingAround, #NewReadersWanted, Uncategorized

I've been thinking a lot about pods lately. All kinds of pods. Pea pods, to be sure, since the harvest is in and...

#ARoomofOne’sOwn

Aug 12, 2020 | #AmWriting, #EyesWithoutAFace, #OutOfTheDesert, Uncategorized

Let's face it. We are spending more time in our homes than in offices or other places of work. We use our own space,...

#StayHomeAndRead

#StayHomeAndRead

May 29, 2020 | #AmWriting, #Memories, #NewReadersWanted, #StayHomeAndRead, Uncategorized

Like most of us, I've been doing a lot of reading and writing lately. My most recent book was Heath Hardage...

Musings on Privilege

Musings on Privilege

May 9, 2020 | #AmWriting, #NewReadersWanted, #StayHomeAndRead, Uncategorized

I used to think that privilege meant you had to have a lot of money, that you had to be born into the "right" level of...

What Unties Us

What Unties Us

Apr 25, 2020 | #AmWriting, #GoofingAround

You read that right. It's not a typo. I've been thinking about how unmoored, how unanchored, how adrift so many of us...

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