One of the many family traditions we weren't able to perform this year was visiting the Field Museum for Member's Night. This event...

  I'm thrilled to announce that World Weaver Press has nominated my short story, "A Shawl for Janice," for the Pushcart Prize....

 I thought it would be an interesting to discuss how authors might work on different parts of their story in different drafts. When I start ...

We made it to November 2020, everyone. By the time this post goes live, the election will be over, though we may not know yet who the next p...

 I'm not sure if October is giving me tricks or treats when it comes to electronics. Last week, my laptop's sound suddenly stopped w...

 As COVID-19 cases start climbing again in my region, I'm anticipating a fall and winter where we stay close to home. Our family hasn...

 This weekend, after over three and a half years, I finally upgraded my phone. It had very little storage, and even adding a SD card didn...

Welcome to October, everyone! The world's become a much scarier place than usual this month, but if we support each other, we'll get...

 Last week, I discussed how I was engaged in several different projects as a way of coping with the pandemic. To be honest, I was juggling a...

 The middle of a story can be the most difficult part to write. Beginnings and endings have their own energy, but middles can get muddled, e...

 2020 has been full of strange news so far, but perhaps some of the strangest could be the possibility of life in Venus's atmosphere. On...

  Did you know there's such a thing as Self-Published Fantasy Month? Neither did I before reading about it in Virginia McClain' s ne...

We made it to September and another post for the Insecure Writer's Support Group. Learn more about them on their website , Facebook page...

The last couple of days have been very much "A Hard Day's Night" work-wise, so I'll just quickly summarize where I am with...

   I originally hadn't planned to attend any more virtual conventions this year, but when one of my blogging buddies, Terri Bruce, poste...

 Although I've been reading cozy mystery for a few years, this year is the first time I've tried writing in the genre. I finished th...

We made it to August, everyone! Welcome to another Insecure Writers Support Group post. You can learn more about them on their website , Fac...

Remember that cozy mystery I mentioned last week? The rough draft is done. It's a very short novel, right around 50,000 words, but that ...

1. Remember how I was talking a couple weeks ago about the difficulties of uploading my stories to the Apple Store? I figured out how to con...

I mentioned last week that one advantage of going direct to ebook stores is the ability to do special promotions. In fact, a promotion tha...