Writing Obstacles For Parents

Are you a writer? Then you've likely spent a lot of time reading about the real obstacles to getting published, marketing, and succeeding at selling many copies of your book. Hopefully, those articles provide lots of tips on how to get the job done. This isn't that article. I've only got so much energy, I'm …

Why I May Move To France

I'm writing a book. My first long work of fiction.  I was supposed to keep that a secret. Oh well. I'm at 19,500 words and I didn't tell too many people ~ until now. Unless you count my Facebook Page, but with their wonky news feed that only hits 10 percent of my Likes, who …

100 Ways

You're creative. You can come up with 100 excuses why it's not convenient to write. The 'y' on your keyboard is missing. Jay Leno is on. Your cat named Jay Leno ate your keyboard. The truth is, writing is damned inconvenient. It's never convenient to have a plot or character bothering you when you're supposed …

Our Person Is In There, Typing Away…

1 year old Marmie:  You think it's safe to go out there? That white stuff is truly gone? 15 year old Sam: Our person is in there, typing away all day on that warm flat silver device she won't let us sit on. I don't want to leave her side. She seems like she needs …

Top Ten Moments @ My Chapters Bookstore Signing

10 Sold lots of books! 9 Met lots of new readers! 8  Met someone who definitely wants to come to Herb’s Café for my reading Sat. April 20th. So much so, in fact, he took the 8x10 poster with him. Oops! 7 Two tweens bought Three Spaces. Poetry lives on in the younger generations! 6 …