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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
Despite an early exposure to ironing (Santa left me an ironing board when I was
On a LinkedIn writing group board recently, someone asked how to write a scene in
I described my son’s tantrum in my last post, so it’s only fair that in
I saw a post recently titled “The Timeless Writing Struggle: Ego vs. Humility” by Karen
As readers of this blog know, I am a proud alumna of Middlebury College, Class
Before we moved into our current home in 2019, I did a lot of cleaning
I only spent one Christmas at my maternal grandparents’ home in Pacific Grove, California. That
It’s finally published! When Heart Shall Fail is now available on Amazon (paperback and ebook)
I thumbed through a photo album of my son’s baby pictures, trying to think of
Last month I wrote about Winema Riddle, a Native American woman who pursued justice for
While he was visiting recently, my son posted a series of photos on Instagram with
This coming Sunday, September 13, is Grandparents Day. I was searching for a topic involving
Kansas City is a driving town. Except for a few corridors, it is difficult to
Tomorrow would have been my father’s 86th birthday, so I have been thinking about him.
As I searched for a topic on the California Gold Rush to write about this
Here in the Midwest, we are experiencing serious flooding this spring. St. Joseph, Missouri, one
Mac McDougall, one of the major characters in my series, is an attorney who is
November is National Family Stories Month. So we should tell our stories to family and