Rules. Rules. Rules.

This discussion (argument) comes up every so often among the writer folks. The “rules” of writing. Do this…don’t do this…you’ll never get published if you do this… Well – let this post put it all to rest – it is a...

Clinging-to-memories-of-summer Monday

The rain is here. And it is here to stay for the next seven to eight months. Really, I don’t mind the darker days and the damp weather. I’m a Pacific Northwesterner to the core. But today, I’m lingering, thinking of the sunny days and clinging on....

An interview with…Me! Part One

Remember those old chain emails that went around and you’d share your favorite color, all those other fun tidbits? Well, I’m going to do a bit of that here. But I found this list of questions to do a good profile interview, and I thought, “Wow, I bet...

Resurrecting an old friend

By old friend, I mean an old manuscript. (What exactly did you think I meant?)  I’ve mentioned before the “Story” behind my first real manuscript. I’ve taken this story out, dusted it off and I’m going to give it another go. Now,...

Review: Nightingale

Nightingale Esther Lange doesn’t love her fiancé—she’s trapped in an engagement after a mistaken night of passion. Still, she grieves him when he’s lost in battle, the letters sent to her by the medic at his side giving her a strange comfort, so much that she strikes...