Poland: A Writer’s Vacation

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I just got home from ten days in Europe and I am ready to write. Why? Because getting out of my Continue Reading

Writers, are you a part of the reading community?

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Writers need to be a part of the wider reading community, not just the writing community. Yes, you Continue Reading

Heights and Depths: A Writing Life

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In the space of a week, I've gone from the heights to the depths. First, the good news. Last Continue Reading

Health Care for Writers

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If you are self-employed, you are worried about health care. I know: I had surgery in July and it Continue Reading

I am in Charge of My Own Writing

As 2013 starts, it is traditional to write down writing goals and I am doing that. But I am also Continue Reading

Shame, Vulnerability and Hiding

When you write, do you put yourself on the page? Of course, you do. You can't do otherwise. But the Continue Reading

Peace, Goodwill Toward Men

Our Christmas tree is full of a Host of Angels. This is the angel we brought back several years ago from Krakow, Poland.

Now there were in the same country shepherds living out int he fields, keeping watch over their Continue Reading

All I Want For Christmas. . .

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All I want for Christmas is. . . Well, let me talk about YOU first. I would love to feature you on Continue Reading

Timely Articles and Books

This collection of articles and books are timely for various reasons. Writing on the Ether: Continue Reading

10 Crazy Things People Say to Writers

Going CRAZY about all the CRAZY things said to writers.

What crazy things do people say when they learn you are a writer? Oh, I have a story that you Continue Reading