The Dollbabies House Rental Last week, I rented a house with a group of wonderful women writers in Virginia Beach. This working-vacation, what’s called, “Dollbabies Week,”has been going on for about fifteen years. My friendship with the talented author Terri-Lynne DeFino scored me an invite seven years ago. And, yeah,…

I was fortunate enough to be a finalist in the 2015 Golden Heart and with that comes some amazing opportunities. Please follow me over to the Ruby-Slippered Sisterhood where I’ve done a guest blog post! Hint, it’s all about women. Women who are strong in many different ways. You might…

After months of living in a tiny, crowded apartment near a train station–that lovingly provides a two am wake-up call– we are finally in our new home. Yay! On the lake. Double yay!! This week has been amazing. And tiring. Not only because moving is hard, but because of the…

  Me. Somewhere in Death Valley, CA Sometimes being a writer can feel like trying to navigate your way through a vast, dry and endless place. That’s why writers so often seek advice or opinions from others. If you’ve been anywhere near the writer’s advice circuit, you’ve undoubtedly heard, “Writers…

This STOP sign in my town was originally vandalized to say, “STOP TRYING”. The township painted over the “TRYING” many times. But the vandal was more persistant than his message would lead you to believe. He kept repainting the “TRYING” part. Finally, a neighborhood optimist decided the graffitti couldn’t stay…