Write to protest … today is the Ides of Trump. I’m one of millions sending postcards to the White House to protest, well just about everything. Write to express your feelings … writing gets the sad, mad, glad out of you and into the world. Write to tell stories … I wish I’d written down […]
Seriously, how are you doing on your 2017 goals? Leave comments to share. Here’s where I am on mine: I’ve written the first two essays of the #52essays2017. Special shout out to Vanessa Matir for creating this challenge after successfully challenging herself last year. Watch her video to learn more. I’ve completed two assignments for […]
Happy New Year! This is the time we look back on the past year and assess or reflect on how it went. Not only for the country and the world, but for ourselves personally. It’s also the time we traditionally make resolutions for the new year. I’ve made them for most of my life. The […]
What’s not to love? You’re a reader, obvs. You’re here. And this time of year produces a ton of book giveaways. My books are being given away at Women and Words in their annual holiday hootenanny. They are giving away many books over many days. I mean a TON of books. All you have to […]
I’ll be launching an online course on editing your own work next month. In fact, the course is going out this week to ten beta testers to help me work out any kinks in the program. Doing a course on editing does not mean I don’t want to hire editors. On the contrary! I hope to […]
I’m not finished reading for the year, but I thought this might be a good time to share some of the best books I’ve read so far. These are in the order in which I read them, not in order of “the best.” I keep lists every year. I write brief reviews for each book as […]
Take a writing workshop with Anna March. The one I’m just back from included chef Craig Clifton, some cooking classes, and LOADS of great writing teaching from Anna March herself. And it took place in Julia Child’s house. France has the best food I’ve ever eaten. Every single meal out was incredible, and I did […]
I’ve gone to France for a writing and cooking workshop with Anna March and Craig Clifton. I’ll be gone for two weeks, but when I get back I’ll have more to say. “Frankly Scarlet, I don’t give a damn.” Well fine, Rhett. “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” Yeah, […]
My friend and collaborator Kate Kasten and I wrote a Nancy Drew satire called The Clue in the Old Birdbath. First it was a stage play, then we wrote lyrics and music and it became a musical. One of the songs is “Is There a Mystery Here?” and sometimes that song pops into my head. Like […]
I’m newly a fan of Kathy Reichs and her Temperance Brennan books. I tried to watch the TV show Bones, but it didn’t pull me in. I started to read a Kathy Reichs book once, and when I saw it was related to the TV show, I put it down. My daughter urged me to […]
