The end is near. The end of 2019, that is. Have you taken stock of what's important? I have. Right now I'm holding a doll. A doll ...

via Inspirexpress.com  Dark and chilly fall days can make you want to curl up in your burrito blanket and eschew all human contact and...

You're a writer. You make time to write even if your life is busy. It's what you do. I applaud you for that. And now it's confes...

I think this post will serve as a good counterpoint to my last one, which saw me feeling somewhat discouraged but ready to plug ahead at my ...

I started writing a new manuscript last week. It was kind of a spontaneous moment, just thinking about what I’d like to work on and encounte...

Top shelves of kitchen cabinets were not located with short cooks in mind. I can’t reach the top shelves, but I need the storage space, so...

We all know it when we read it, but how much we enjoy it can also be a very subjective thing:  The novel's voice. When querying ...

We had a reader send in a question not long ago. It seemed like a great opportunity to remind people if they want to send in questions, we’r...

My husband and I have made a few trips “down island” lately, most recently yesterday afternoon. Driving back up island just after sunset, w...

If you’ve been hanging around me or my social media sites much at all, you know I love the ocean. One of the things I love about it is how ...

Being published is a dream for so many writers, and each story is important to us. We want this story to be read, we want people ...

Last weekend I had the good fortune to gather with eight other writers at an old (potentially haunted) stone manor house for a three-day wr...

A Wholesome Escape  When I was growing up, C.S. Lewis regularly lured me into Narnia , all the way through high school. Every finals w...