There’s not much you can buy for 99 cents these days. I was grocery shopping the other day, and the cheapest thing I bought was a pound of bananas. And I was not buying big-ticket items, by any means. So imagine how thrilled I was when my publisher announced they were running a … [Read more...] about GET IN THE SWIM!
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Dog Days in the Smoky Mountains with Donna
Maybe it was the mountain air. Or maybe it was the company of another writer as devious-minded as me. Or a combination of the two. Whatever the reason, my brain is percolating with ideas after two days at the Smoky Mountain retreat of my friend and critique partner, Donna … [Read more...] about Dog Days in the Smoky Mountains with Donna
Tech Hell
Tech issues. We’ve all been there. Something stops working and suddenly it’s a nuclear meltdown. My most recent tour of duty in the seventh circle of hell is tech issues? No email for almost a week and my website went down. Seems my domain expired without prior notice. When I … [Read more...] about Tech Hell
If Chimpanzees Could Type
Okay, so I wrote a book. In record time. I patted myself on the back for having worked feverishly and not overthinking it. I just threw words on paper in a way I hoped made sense. And it DID make sense while I was writing it. Now that I’m in the process of revising, what seemed … [Read more...] about If Chimpanzees Could Type