Words in Place

I started my first novel in the fifth grade puple ink on lined notebook paper about the Twellingtons. There were 11 of them, including two ...

She IS charming. Trish and I drove down to the Torrance Borders to have coffee with her. It was fun to hear about her new book which is go...

I can't believe how lucky I am, but then, I don't think it's really luck. It's one of those universal truths that most of u...

Sadly the class I'm taking with Kerry Madden is over. All that is left is the reading at Vroman's on Sunday at 3:00. The opportuni...

Of course I put myself there on the pool table when the felt was brand new. Now it’s full of rips and bald spots. And I like hunkering dow...

I did a very intelligent thing on the spur of the moment. I signed up for Kerry Madden's class at Vroman's Bookstore, "Intense...

Among the one million things on my to-do list is working on my website and blog and getting them to go together. So that's why you get ...

You wanna make something of it? Of course I'm assuming someone out there is reading this which, except for my sister Jane, is probably ...

I woke up thinking about Idol. Actually thinking about what the judges were trying to tell the contestants at the end of their efforts. Most...

I'm learning a lot from watching Project Runway and American Idol about my own craft of writing. This is triggered by both Sharon and Ji...

I'm learning these days about getting older. I don't like it one bit. And it's not even about me. It's about my father-in-la...

Every Monday is a good day for me. Starting over is what keeps me going, knowing that I have a second chance this week to make up for what ...

Maybe limiting the editing process isn't such a good idea, even in a blog. I read over yesterday's piece last night and was appalled...

According to Michael Tidwell, in his book Bayou Farewell, twenty-five miles of Louisiana coastline disappear each year. That's 25. 2-5. ...

Here's what I said to myself at the beginning of January: "It's time to get serious." It's taken me a month but I am f...

Yes, I am suffering from "bloggaphobia." You might be familiar with this kind of dianosis. It's related to "novelphobia...