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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
The importance of rail development in the West is one of the plot lines in
Some of my novels have followed historical events quite closely, and others are almost entirely
September 7, 1973, was my brother’s sixteenth birthday, so yesterday he turned sixty-four. I left
I’ve mentioned that I found some treasures during a couple of cleaning projects I undertook
Now that I no longer have children in school—not even college!—I don’t mark the passing
I recently received a notice about my fortieth high school reunion this fall. Fortieth!!! How
My posts last October about the “haunting books” I had read are among some of
I have discovered one drawback to having my office in the basement of our new
I wrote last month about organizing my photographs so I could have them digitized. Late
If you want to know what it’s like to live with someone with Alzheimer’s Disease,
I wrote five years ago about my first day of work for Hallmark Cards on
My husband and I spent Christmas by ourselves this year. Most of our 46 Christmases
Traditionally, in October, National Book Month, I have posted about “haunting books”—books that have stayed
The house we moved into when I was six and a half, in October 1962,
There are disadvantages to being the oldest child. Although the theory is that oldest children
This time of year, mysteries abound. A Virgin birth. Angels and magi. A fat guy
I’ve written before about what a picky eater I was. Cooked carrots were my worst
I was thinking recently about my great-grandmothers. It dawned on me that they all probably