MAKING ROOM . . .
After my first YA-novel, Honeysuckle Holiday, was released I, with deep humility, slid it next to my favorite novel, To Kill a...
. . . A FEW OF MY FAVORITE THINGS
In addition to the melodic list of favorite things that Maria sings about in The Sound of Music (which just happens to be one of my...
THE WRITING LIFE: JUMP SHIP OR STAY THE COURSE
Over the past several months, conversations with friends have been bound by a common thread: whether or not to jump ship or stay the...
THE SEED OF A STORY
Much like a gardener planting seeds in the ground, authors' story ideas germinate from many sources, from the intentional mixing of ideas...
TOOTING YOUR OWN HORN!
Ask any published author if they enjoy the marketing and promoting of their work. Most assuredly, their collective response would be, "I...
GIRLFRIENDS & THEIR STORIES
"You have been my friend," replied Charlotte. "That in itself is a tremendous thing." Charlotte's Web When I first met my friend,...
TAKING CHANCES
Social media posts focus primarily on babies & travel, food & events, and all manner of pets. And, since I joined in 2016 with the...
WRITERS & AUTHORS
For as long as I can remember, I've been a writer -- short stories, journal/diary entries, poetry, essays, and most recently, novels for...
BONEYARD, POTTER'S FIELD . . .
So, how cool is the moss hanging from the trees on the grounds of the Circular Congregational Church in Charleston, SC?! When I wrote my...
BOO!
The very first thing I think of whenever I hear the expression Boo! is the character Boo Radley from Harper Lee's classic, To Kill a...
