So, 2019 is becoming my year of Ouch. June 28, I had my second Carpal Tunnel procedure done, along with one at the elbow (Ulnar Tunnel). Last year, I had the other wrist done, and it’s healed nicely. This year, I’m hitting the pain medications a bit more often that … Continue reading →
Hello, and welcome back. It’s been a few weeks since I’ve updated here, but our family has been on retreat for most of the past week, in celebration of our youngest spawn’s 31st birthday. We spent the time over on the far side of the Kitsap Peninsula, near a small … Continue reading →
http://www.sfwa.org/other-resources/for-authors/writer-beware/agents/?fbclid=IwAR2q0Snl2-Y-qKplTMfDnjrS-E6sEdCIRuGfYqrTrDH20sfxSKwi9RIwTeg The article linked above was mentioned elsewhere by a friend. It’s well worth reading.
Continue reading →I miss the days when I didn’t – couldn’t – cry. I’m currently on day four of a crying jag, which began this past week, when my Eldest had to make the painful decision to have their cat, Lila, put down. Lila was an older rescue cat, who had been … Continue reading →
Block. Muse. No block. Tide, flow – ebb. Art: Create, Write. Work. Hobby. Eat, breathe. Career. Get a job Feed your art. Live. Enjoy. Love. Above all – create. The last day of the Writers’ Weekend at Coppertoppe, I jotted down the above free-verse. It’s sort of a brief summary … Continue reading →
As noted on Zig Zag Claybourne’s website:“In grown-folks land, “It’s Turning Purple, I Think We Should Quit” was the subject of a riotous podcast discussion by the good folks at Gotham Lights Podcast. Listen here. NSFW but, seriously, when has that ever stopped you?” I found this to be an extremely funny book, I read … Continue reading →
At a recent writers’ workshop that I attended, there was a brief discussion on reading reviews. Some did, some didn’t; a very few read every review, regardless. One person commented on a “One Star” review that they had committed to memory. That review said, “I finished it, but I don’t know … Continue reading →
A few of the many reasons I am Pro-Choice.
Continue reading →I have been instructed, on more than one occasion, that unless you are writing every day, you are not “A Real Writer”“TM & Pat Pending” So sad, too bad. I don’t write, at least not in the usual and customary sense of the term, every day. Yes, I am at … Continue reading →
A run-down of “The Rules” as seen by several personages, some of whom may be recognizable.
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