We all have seminal events in our lives. Most are personal--births and deaths, weddings and divorces. Some, however,...
Betsy Ashton
Interacting
Have you ever sat in a coffee house or bar and watched how people sit or stand when they talk with each other? I love...
Introducing EYES WITHOUT A FACE
My newest book, Eyes Without A Face, releases in October. Unlike anything I've written before, it's from inside the...
Proofreading
Have I mentioned before how much I despise proofreading? It's that necessary evil, the last step before I think "I'd...
Re-emergence
The first signs of spring are here:peepers singing at dusk and dawnearthworms on the sidewalksun higher in the...
A literary week and then some
Last week was dominated -- happily (yes, I know it's a adverb!) -- by things literary.The first event of the week was...
February Wrap Up
Now that it is March 1st, I can safely say farewell to the Winter Olympics. Not that I watched all that much of the...
The Well and the Mine
Disclaimer: I do not seek out Southern fiction, but sometimes it finds me.A few weeks ago I read a glowing review in...
Formal Book Launch
Last week, Becky Mushko, author of Ferradiddledumday, and her illustrator, Bruce Rae, launched the publication of...
Character Development
I've been reading John Truby's The Anatomy of Story and find it very informative. I finished reading his chapter on...
Animal Communication
On Saturday, I went to a public session on animal communicating led by Karen Wrigley. She worked with a golden...
Proud of Member of My Critique Groups
Becky Mushko was interviewed on Blue Ridge Library's Cover to Cover show recently as part of her promotion for her...