UprightSeveral times since the late 1980s when I first conceived the concept of the storyworld I call Fruits of the Spirit, I've lost much and once most of all of the related materials in a… Read More

 Note: I am aware there are no paragraph breaks in the published post.  I have no clue why as they exist in the editor version.  I will try to figure it out later but it has b… Read More

   I am reading for The Office of Letters and Lights the folks who bring us NaNoWriMo today as I love what they are doing for literacy with their Young Writer's… Read More

Last month was CampNaNoWriMo, or Camp National Novel Writing Month, the April event where writers and authors attempt to reach 50,000 words of a novel or another substantial word count. It&r… Read More

I was pondering things last night after I posted here and decided to go with the third book about my skaters. They were calling me to pick up their story so I obliged.  I got my first d… Read More

One of the best parts of talking to authors is getting to hear about new books and the history that comes along with them! This interview with Emily Layne, author of Of Starlight and Bone, t… Read More

It’s that time of year again! Be it April or July approaching, Camp NaNoWriMo is only days away and you can’t wait to dive deep into another creative writing project. Not so f… Read More

I finally decided on my plans of Camp NaNoWriMo for July. I'm going to add words to my work in progress. I'm not ready to put it aside for my skater fic right now. I have some intereseting t… Read More

Yeah, nothing exciting to report today. Just a lazy day at home. I really should have mowed the front lawn today, but it was pretty nasty out there. I was going to wait until the evening whe… Read More

Over 50K in a memoirBack again after long hiatus.  Recent events give me hope I might be back on a regular basis.I just spent the month of April participating in Camp NaNoWriMo and… Read More

A Round of Words in 80 DaysRound 2 2022The writing challenge that knows you have a lifeSince the last time I made a goal post many things have changed in my life circumstances.  I… Read More

Writing Camp One of the biggest reasons I’ve made it this far in my writing journey has been from having a community of other writers that cheer me on along the way. If you&rsqu… Read More

Yup, I haven't posted since Saturday. Sorry about that, I meant to! Guess what happened on Sunday? I hit 50,000 words on NaNoWriMo. Yes, two days early! I still wrote yesterday and today and… Read More

Writing can get kind of lonely sometimes.  Not only that, but it can get stale. Sometimes we fall into a formula when we write books, or we can’t get ourselves past t… Read More

It sure doesn't feel like a Thursday!  I had to check my computer to make sure it was Thursday! LOL!  I didn't sleep well last night and even with a nap this afternoon I'm still sl… Read More

I just printed a copy of book two of my ice skating trilogy. I'm seriously thinking about writing the final book for CampNaNoWriMo in April. I haven't completed decided, but I think it's wha… Read More

Kate and Abbie Emmons Writing PodcastRe: Prepping Mentally for NaNo Prepping mentally for NaNo is about all I can manage right now anyway so I found it really helpful to listen to this… Read More