For some reason, the weather has been a much bigger part of my life these last few years. As I have more time for riding, hiking and skiing, I notice that everything is so weather contingent, and the weather is so very finicky so much of the time. It rains […]
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I’m a little embarrassed to see that my last post was two years ago, but as you all know, those have been eventful and difficult years for everyone. While I’m privileged not to have to worry about basic needs being met, I still found the past few years to be […]
Another year and this time, another decade. I remember what an odd feeling it was when the millenium turned. It seemed like it should feel like so much more than normal, but in the end, it was just another new year. Each new year feels like it should be such […]
Writing is a discipline, something that one practices with (hopefully) regular application; however, there are times when the challenges of everyday life are so great that it interrupts the flow of ideas and words for a length of time. I have been going through one of these times. It began […]
I’m a busy person without counting any of the writing I do. I look after my home and family, hold down a busy, complicated job four days a week as a fundraiser and event coordinator, and try to steer the Sunburst Award organization toward their goals. In addition I spend […]
I love to go to conventions. I’m lucky I have so many to choose from. Not only does my home town host several I enjoy that feature my genre and focus on literature, such as Ad Astra, but occasionally I find one nearby enough to be able to get to […]
A long time ago, when I was a high school student, I had the chance to write my own stories during an independent study course I took in English. You can read about my experience here on wattpad.com. I didn’t always write, for I had begun with art. I tended toward […]
I don’t set out to create characters that look like actors, but I find it helpful to have images of some. I put them on my Pinterest board for the novel I’m working on, along with a bunch of links to sites I will use for reference (things like a […]
At first I didn’t believe it, but every hour when I checked my account, my novel “Ungloved” currently posted to Wattpad.com kept increasing in number of reads. Yes, people, I have readers! This is why most people write. So people can read their work. Of course, we are shy about […]
While I had great intentions at the beginning of the month, I dashed off to World Fantasy Convention in Saratoga Springs, NY for four days of super social, authorly fun. Then my mother in law came for a visit, and my Sunburst Award work needed attention. Before I knew it […]
In November I will commit novel. Nanowrimo is a crazy idea that really works, at least for some…83,000 people who participated in 2014. It’s a month long, internationally used site that encourages people to try writing a novel in a month. Okay, only 50,000 words, which is a fairly short novel, […]
The Science Fiction and Fantasy (SFF for short) community is an interesting space. The first Worldcon I attended, the annual gathering of the tribes of fans, authors, editors and others who love the genre, made me realize how diverse and accepting these folks must be. Grandly large women proudly donned their plus-size […]