Walking in the Footprints of Ghosts
Several years ago, I wrote a story called, Snow Dancing With Ghosts, which is available on Writer’s Cramp. The tale is about an elderly lady who refuses to give up a dream that her childhood sweetheart will one day rescue her from her crazy, painful life. It is about faith and love. Most people don’t [...]
On Writing—To the Pain!
There’s a wonderful scene in Princess Bride when Westley, still weakened from being tortured and left for dead by Prince Humperdinck, storms Humperdinck’s Castle with Fezzig and Inigo. Westley is lying in Buttercup’s bedroom, because he is too weak to stand. Prince Humperdinck walks in and challenges Westley with brandished sword, “To the death!”. Westley [...]
Traveling the dusty roads in Kentucky’s Memory Lane
I was thinking today about the road trips my family used to make to see our relatives in Kentucky when I was a child. It was an all day affair just getting ready to leave! There was chicken to fry, hampers to pack, and all that clothing to be ironed for six growing girls, because [...]
Barnes and Noble selling Sterling Publishing and Nook
My new book is turning out better than I expected, so I decided to do a little research yesterday about the hot, new titles publishers are planning to release in 2012. It’s not a bad idea to do this, even if you’re self-publishing, because trends ebb and flow in the fickle trade called book [...]
Update on the first week of Nanowrimo
Nanowrimo began the very next day after Halloween, and although I had tons of trick or treaters, I bought tons of candy. Everyone knows chocolate is brain petrol, so I had plenty of fuel to begin my novel, “Lay me down and Die”. To be honest, I have surprised myself. Thus far I [...]
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