We all make our entrance into this world as a blank, clean slate of sorts. As a writer, I envision that entrance as a clean sheet of paper, just waiting to be turned into a story. For others, I’m sure the comparison is made to whatever they most identify with. Mine...

After 55 trips around the sun, I've discovered I have a special gift: I have the ability to open my mouth and insert my foot without giving it one single moment of conscious thought.  And I use this gift on a regular basis; almost daily. You would think for a person...

As I sat down today to put together this week’s blog post and book bubble, I ran across a section in “Memories of Tomorrow” where Jo and Maggie are engaged in a work conversation; as usual however, it’s never all strictly work because over some 30 years of being a...

Hello everyone!  As is the usual case, I set down to do my writing for the weekly blog and book bubble on Sunday afternoon and this week is no exception.  But for this week, however, I’m feeling more than just a little nostalgic about life and the road I’ve travelled;...

2013. Family Vaca. I was at an intersection with my career, and trying to decide if writing was really what I wanted to do. We planned a week in the Ozark Mountains; the whole enchilada – cabin, hiking, canoeing, ziplining, and exploring. And I fell in love with the...

Hello and welcome to my website! This is my first blog since revamping and relaunching my books and my website, so I decided to take this opportunity and create something fresh and new for my blog as well. As I sit down to write this, it’s a beautiful Sunday morning...