Welcome to the last post of 2021, a year that most of us probably can't wait to end. Here's hoping we'll all be doing better by ...

Welcome to my penultimate post of 2020, where I discuss how my writing plans, like everything else this year, didn't go the way I though...

Since I'm spending so much time reading and writing cozy mysteries, I figured it's time I added a monthly feature about them to my b...

 Last Christmas, I thought I might win, but on the way home, a tune did me in.... I'm talking about Whamageddon , the online game where ...

 Welcome to December, a.k.a. the Boss Level of 2020. I hope you're staying safe this season. Here's to the last Insecure Writer'...

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...