Writing – The Widow Woman

Another New Chapter (or 14 plus an epilogue)

So, it’s happened again! I have a new book under contract to The Wild Rose Press! If I seem a little quiet […]

When I can combine my two favorite past times–writing and travel– it is a win-win for me. And that’s what happened two […]

If you love Steve Martin as much as I do, you are familiar with this line from the movie, Roxanne. In it, […]

It’s been a hot minute since I wrote to you, and I have missed you, but have been more than normally busy […]

Cleaning out some old folders in my desk I came across this essay I wrote in 1992, pre-Lasik, pre-cataracts, when I was […]

I confess. I love a well-placed truly, really, apparently, and only in my writing. Adverbs are important parts of our language. They […]

I love a good mnemonic (you know, the memory device we use to help us remember things.) Like the acrostic HOMES for […]

And by potpourri I mean a fragrant seven-can soup that we will throw against the wall to see what sticks. Please ignore […]

For those of you may not know (maybe we are only newly acquainted or maybe I haven’t seen you in a while […]

Scott was a purist, a literalist and a rule follower. For him everything was black and white. I am a rule follower, […]