The Wonderful Challenges of November

The eye records the trees waving and relinquishing the last of their brilliant fall foliage. Squirrels scamper across lawns, vigorously...

2020 Novel Writing Month Completed

What an exciting month of writing November held for me. I chose to work on the prequel to Grandma’s Sock Drawer. As expected, the writing journey had its moments when ideas seemed stale, action stalled out, characters became boring. I’d say to myself, “You’re the one writing this thing! If you don’t like what’s happening, change it!”

National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) 2020

Write a novel in a month? Crazy, right? The challenge is to write your story in 50,000 words, in just one month.

The Year I Went Off Course

As I mentioned in an earlier blog post, I have run the Picture Book Marathon since 2010. But after 9 years of successfully completing the race, in 2018 I went off course for a very exciting reason.

Picture Book Marathon

Yay! February has arrived! Today I begin writing for my traditional Picture Book Marathon. In 2010 I stumbled upon a website that challenged picture book writers to create one picture book story, or at least one idea for one, for each of twenty-six days through February.

The Journey Begins

Thanks for joining me! Grandma's Sock Drawer, a teen/young adult novel, has been accepted by Kindle Scout for a 30-day trial! Grandma's gone. Sukey's inheritance is an envelope with Grandma's letter and a key to Grandma's 'most precious treasure', her sock drawer! Why did a grandma that Sukey did not know, leave such a strange …

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