Eclectic writer

While working on my current piece of fiction, The Amber Tower, a sort of fairy tale, I've found echoes of things I've read in the st...

The ending of a story must be satisfactory. Yes, a happy ending is essential to some genres and some stories but not all stories have a hap...

I met Marilyn at the first EPICON in Omaha and while we remain mostly online friends, I enjoy spending time with her talking about writing a...

A friend called me the other day and asked me to list some cozy mystery authors for her to read. I was totally blocked on this and had litt...

This book and the main character Katherine Miller remain one of my favorites. Murder and Mint Tea was my first electronically published wor...

A new week and an almost new month. There will be some changes in my blog. Monday will be about what I'm doing, the gains in my wirtin...

I'm gearing up for a trip to Pittsburgh and other environs. Husband's 50th medical school reunion. I do not like reunions and I do...

Some people find the middle of their stories sag or drag. This can happen but remembering the three hints for developing a scene should hel...

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I quite believe in ghosts having some glancing experience with entities I believe were ghosts and living in a town where there is at least o...