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It’s good to challenge yourself by setting new goals or figuring out how to do something you want. Sometimes the best thing, though, is to clear the cobwebs by concentrating on something completely different or a change of scenery.  I did both by spending the weekend in New York.  Instead of concentrating in my own… Continue reading Clearing The Cobwebs

I have a book review due before May 1st so I’ve been busy reading the book.  I think I have 200 more pages before I’m done. This week I decided I’d done the final edits on a short story I’ve been working on (aka revising) for the last two years and sent it off somewhere… Continue reading Reading and Writing

A short but intense bout of the flu on Tuesday kept me from one of my writing appointments last week.  Does a 50% average mean I flunk writing for the week?  There is a lot of “business” behind the writing and it’s easy to get caught up in it.  For instance, on Saturdays I… Continue reading Writing Progress This Week

There is every excuse not to write and usually not enough for writing.  As imaginative folks, writers can make up new excuses that haven’t been used before. My excuse this week was company.  During the summer and the fall I never knew when unexpected company would drop in.  The winter months usually make Ohioans go… Continue reading Excuses, Excuses

The weather forecasters called for snow this past weekend and a winter storm warning.  We received about two feet altogether.  I’m sure other parts of the state received more. Early Friday morning is when it began to snow.  By Saturday nearly everyone in my neighborhood was stuck inside their homes.  Believe it or not, I… Continue reading Snow Bound

In years past my husband and I celebrated the Oscars by attending or hosting parties.  Most recently we’ve watched them by ourselves.  I enjoy seeing the celebrities walk down the red carpet, trying to figure out who the date is, and wondering what question is going to come out of the interviewer’s mouth.  As the years have… Continue reading The Oscars and Postage Rate

One question writers are frequently asked is “Where do you get your ideas?”  Some play the “what if?” game when a scenario strikes their fancy and a spin is put on it.  Other writers will say they get their ideas from dreams.  Or if they write horror they write about what scares them. My own… Continue reading Ideas

Do you remember the first book you read that spoke to you?  I don’t mean the one that made you nod your head because you can relate to the story or the characters.  And I don’t mean the one that made you cry because the words were so beautiful.  There’s one book that makes you… Continue reading The Moment When It All Changes