Close Encounter in the P.O.: Two Soldiers
Hello! It’s been a while. Let’s just say that the blog has had a lazy summer, but I have not. Now it’s September, and my school-teacher brain-clock tells me it’s time to get back to work. So I want to...
View ArticleStory Surgery
A week or so ago, I re-read one of my short stories I hadn’t looked at in a while. I have to confess I’d felt a little smug about this one. (I almost never feel confident about what I write.) …...
View ArticleThe Writing Process Blog Tour Stops Here
Welcome to the Writing Process Blog Tour! My Wordsmith Studio writer-friend J. Lynn Sheridan invited me to participate. J.Lynn is a poet (one with a sense of humor, I might add). The blog tour moves...
View ArticleOwn the Emotion, Then Give It Away
Back in April, I volunteered as a studio monitor during the Southeast Regional Ballet Association’s…
View ArticleOwn the Emotion, Give It Away
Some years ago, I volunteered as a studio monitor during a regional ballet association festival. I watched nervously as the teacher pushed and corrected the young dancers, but I was happy to see how he...
View ArticleWe Don’t Have to Know Everything
What do you do with someone who won’t behave? This person is secretive, aloof, moody. She’s keeping me up nights and interfering with my novel-in- progress. She’s the character who “vants to be alone!”...
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