
What Can I Do with 900 Blog Posts in Scrivener?
I started blogging in January 2012, and other than a few brief hiatuses, I haven’t

I started blogging in January 2012, and other than a few brief hiatuses, I haven’t

Today is the 210th anniversary of the birth of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who was born

I learned recently that the first Wednesday of November (which is today, November 5, 2025)

The United States just celebrated its 245th birthday on Sunday, July 4, 2021. In recognition
In going through the mementos my parents kept, I’ve discovered another way in which my
I’ve written before about the two times I broke my left foot (see here and

I saw a post recently titled “The Timeless Writing Struggle: Ego vs. Humility” by Karen

Perhaps it seems odd that I just announced the publication of my last novel, My
One of the things I love about winter is peppermint ice cream. I’m not a
Sometimes, I link to posts from this blog in my monthly newsletter. And sometimes, I
My husband and I drove to Northwest Arkansas last weekend, just to get away from
It was 34 years ago this week that my husband and I arrived in Kansas

The last time I wrote about my current work-in-progress was in mid-March. At that point,

I wrote last month about organizing my photographs so I could have them digitized. Late
A year ago I published Lead Me Home, and I immediately turned to editing its
I keep two fortune cookie messages on my desk. They were in cookies I got
Sunday morning the electricity went out in our house. It seems to happen more and more frequently.
My father’s mother gave me a pearl necklace many years ago. I think the occasion
My husband and I have done very little traveling since the pandemic hit. Health issues
Both my dad and my mother’s father took lots of pictures over the years. As
I keep finding new topics that I need to research as I write my historical