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Thoughts on Banned Books
It’s October, and that means it my favorite time of year. The temperatures are (finally!) dropping, the leaves are changing, and that special, indescribable scent of autumn is in the…
The Journey Part IV
Even Introverted Writers Need to Build Relationships After writing last month’s blog and being out and about in town, doing the clichéd things writers do—like writing over a steaming mug…
Struck by Lightning
I often get asked if my characters are based on real people. Sometimes they are, at least in part;I’ve only rarely written a character with a single real person in…
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Words as Art
I consider myself, as part of Bumbershoots Writers Society, the only full-time completely non-writing member of the group. Although, here I am writing. Dictating, actually, because I do some of…
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The Process
One of the things that writers always want to talk about with other writers is their process—how we do what it is we do. Partly, we wonder if we can…
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The Journey, Part III
Is Something Working? Writing can be a lonely process (except for maybe the voices in your head, characters vying for attention). However, none of us are truly alone in this…
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When My Mojo is Workin’
There’s an old blues song which to me sums up that feeling when everything in the universe (especially my writing!) is going my way. ‘Got My Mojo Working’ is a…
The Dialogue
Besides being a writer, I’m also an artist and a musician. I make wheel-thrown pottery and claysculptures, and I’ve played the flute for over forty years, belonging to three different…
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When Darkness Beckons
This post was originally a guest appearance on Patricia Stover's website April 5 2023. If you enjoy Things That Go Bump in the Night (and don't we all?) check her…
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Support Your Local Author
There’s a common misconception among readers—and among authors trying to break into the field—that an author makes good money and is even rich. There’s this image of us sitting in…
