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  • Choosing Your Words Carefully

    Take a look at this recent news clip headline: “Uranus has started leaking gas, NASA scientists confirm” You can stop laughing now. It’s likely the writer worded it this way on purpose to call attention to the article. I certainly noticed! It’s also possible the idiot wasn’t thinking clearly and ended up with a humorous […]

  • Who said that?!

    Warning – this post is an attempt to distract you from current events. Read at your own risk. I love collecting quotes. Whenever I run across something worthwhile I jot it down (because heaven knows my memory is an untrustworthy stinker). The following mashup comes from a variety of sources. Citation is provided when known. […]

  • Weekly Roundup – What a Summer!

    Weekly Roundup is an update on what’s going on in my world. Welcome! I cannot express, in polite words, how relieved I am to see the end of summer. Hot weather, work hassles, financial woes, writing issues – yikes! It’s time to put it all behind me and focus on what promises to be an […]

  • I’ve Been Tagged – 11 Essential Questions

    My thanks to H.R.R. Gorman for these choice queries into my life!   What’s the most recent book you’ve read, and did you like it? Surprisingly, this is difficult to answer! I usually read 2-3 books a week, but lately the offerings have been disappointing. Implausible plots, dark characters, and foul language seem to be […]

  • Weekly Roundup – MY SCHOOL BUILDING (Another Blast From the Past)

    Weekly Roundup is an update on what’s going on in my world. Welcome! In my dusty old school folder I found a poem I had turned in for an assignment. It’s written in longhand cursive (does anybody even remember what that is?), and even though it received a grade of B+, was torn in half. […]

  • Saying Goodbye to an Underperforming Book

    “You don’t start out writing good stuff. You start out writing crap and thinking it’s good stuff, and then gradually you get better at it.” Octavia E. Butler This week, I made the difficult decision to pull the plug on one of my books – Second Chance Earth. For months I wavered back and forth, […]

  • Putting The Science In Fiction – A Book Review

    Weekly Roundup is an update on what’s going on in my world. Welcome!   This compilation of articles from various authors/experts has the lofty goal of helping authors create more realistic stories. It includes advice and information on medicine, the human body, wildlife, computers, planet earth, rocket science, and space travel. This volume would serve […]

  • Mom Stories for Mother’s Day

    Weekly Roundup is an update on what’s going on in my world. Welcome! My mom passed away in 2000, so Mother’s Day is always bittersweet. The best gift she gave me was sense of humor and I miss her knee-slapping, foot stomping laughter more than anything else. A few years after her death, my siblings […]

  • WEEKLY ROUNDUP – Medieval Maundering

    Weekly Roundup is an update on what’s going on in my world. Welcome! My current project is a series of fantasy novelettes which began with Dragon Child. While not true period pieces, the stories are heavily influenced by the life, language and customs of medieval England. When I set out to write a dragon story, […]

  • Weekly Roundup – I LOVE TO SNEEZE!

    Weekly Roundup is an update on what’s going on in my world. Welcome! I’ve been sending short letters, silly poems, and balloons to my granddaughters. Ages 3 and 5, they live too far way for me to visit, so I rely on phone calls and U.S. Mail to stay in touch. I LOVE TO SNEEZE […]

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