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My Thoughts on Finishing Another First Draft
This past week, I finished the first draft of my current work-in-progress. I began this
May 20, 2026
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This past week, I finished the first draft of my current work-in-progress. I began this
One of the presents I gave my three-year-old granddaughter for her sister’s birthday earlier this
As I’ve written before, when my daughter was born I thought she was the “icing
On Mother’s Day, when he was eleven or twelve, my son gave me a pair
I don’t use much scented lotion. I’m allergic to many floral scents, particularly roses and
I wrote recently about my daughter’s 8th-grade graduation in 1999. After I wrote that post,
Most of my historical posts this year have been about the Oregon Trail, because I’m
It’s mid-October, and for the last couple of weeks I’ve been noticing leaves. Washington State
Part of my horoscope on my birthday this year read “Develop a way of handling
As I wrote in my last post about the Oregon Trail, the emigrants wanted to
I saw a post recently titled “The Timeless Writing Struggle: Ego vs. Humility” by Karen
My father recently made a huge road trip through the Western United States. One of
As I reported to readers of my newsletter last week, I completed the rough draft
Last Friday, March 24, I was a guest on Wayne Turmel’s blog. He introduced his
When I first saw the scene in the movie Home Alone where poor little Kevin
My current work-in-progress deals in part with domestic violence. The 19th century was a time
Since 2009, Hallmark Cards has held an annual art festival outside its headquarters facility in
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote that I had sent my novel to beta
For my husband, the mark of adulthood was ownership of a toaster oven. He’d spent
I could have titled this post “Tidying Up, Part 2.” But I decided on “Treasures
The church where my sister was married had a very firm rule that any children