authors… Happy Valley Mayhem with Author Leslie Noyes and A $0.99 Special!! 5 Mar 20265 Mar 2026 In 2024, at the Erma Bombeck Writers Workshop in Dayton, Ohio, I met Leslie Noyes, a terrific writer and person who is also really funny. It comes naturally to Leslie.…
Uncategorized light and shadow 16 Dec 2024 The unusually dark classroom exuded mystery. A slide projector perched on a rolling cart in the center of our desks, aimed at the screen pulled down from its rolling apparatus…
Uncategorized Readers, Writers, and an Ancient Key of Mystery 15 May 201613 Apr 2024 To quote a legend, a hero, and a fearless writer, Nora Ephron: “Reading is everything. Reading makes me feel like I’ve accomplished something, learned something, become a better person. Reading…
Uncategorized What is it like to live with a writer–or ten? 1 Nov 20158 Nov 2015 Writers have been portrayed as being difficult to live with within most communities. Eccentric, demanding, prone to the lifestyle of a hermit, we still reach out for a collective group of likeminded…
Uncategorized How do Writers Measure Productivity? 8 Oct 20158 Nov 2015 If writers made widgets, there would be a mound of physical products sitting on the counter at the end of the work day. Judging from the previous day's tally, we could accurately determine…
Uncategorized Good News! 22 Feb 20158 Nov 2015 I've been absent on the blog for a few days -- weeks actually. But there is a good reason. My second novel, contracted by The Wild Rose Press -- the…
Uncategorized Ten Reasons Why Writers Love France 15 Jan 20158 Nov 2015 Writers have always found solace and inspiration within the French culture and among its people. Americans, especially, have a rich history of flocking to Paris to exercise their creativity. In the…
Uncategorized The Fascinating Karen Hunt 5 Jan 20158 Nov 2015 Karen Hunt is another brilliant writer I had the privilege to meet at Noepe Center for Literary Arts on Martha's Vineyard. Due to unfortunate circumstances, she arrived later than the…
auhors… How was it? 22 Dec 201422 Dec 2014 It was the first public outing for Acquisition and me -- a scheduled reading and book signing at Simply Serendipity on Tenth Street in North Wilkesboro, NC. And it began…
Uncategorized Simply Serendipity and Me! 17 Dec 201417 Dec 2014 I have been invited by Julie Baird and her daughter Tori, owners and operators of Simply Serendipity at 304 Tenth Street in downtown North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, to give a…
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