It’s time for me to say goodbye to this blog.  I need to have more time to write and do other things — though this blog has been a joy to write.  Thank you all for your continued support over … Continue reading →

Here’s to all of you:  A lovely holiday, a time of peace, a restful break, and great love!  I’ll be back after the first of the year.  See you then.

No one can predict the future now.  No one can make long-range plans.  The best we can hope for, to quote Robert Bridges, is “the masterful administration of the unforeseen.”  Ride the whirlwind.  That’s the most we can do. – … Continue reading →

Please check out my BookPleasure article, “Who Supports Your Writing.”

In an article in The Writers Chronicle (Oct/Nov 2012), Richard Goodman notes, “There are certain things the beginning of your story can do . . . . But there is one thing it must do: compel the reader to continue … Continue reading →

This weekend I was speaking with a woman who is an aerial dance instructor and performer.  Susan was working on a piece for a show about ancestors and said she was supposed to have an oral piece included with it.  … Continue reading →

We don’t really know our characters until we see what they do in an unexpected situation.  When that happens, we gain new insight into their personalities and idiosyncrasies.  Sometimes, however, in the middle of your story is not the place … Continue reading →

Please check out my BookPleasure article, “Tabula Rasa.”

I guess I’m still in a humorous mood. My husband sent me this e-mail and I just had to share it.  Leave it to a woman to come up with the shortest story ever.

  A few of my favorite fun quotations from writers.  Hope you enjoy them as much as I do. It took me fifteen years to discover that I had no talent for writing, but I couldn’t give it up because … Continue reading →