I make plans. I decide to be committed to my writing and my dreams and my health and then the first thing that comes along to demand my time fractures my attention to detail. I am a mom and a … Read More
To my writing clients I will be back to writing about writing shortly but today is special… 8 years ago today I became cancer free. How long that cancer had been growing … Read More
From writer to cancer survivor to writer again. When I began writing my blog I named it “My Story Right Now” because I was desperate to have my cancer diagnosis be a part of my life and not my whole … Read More
The short version? I got cancer. The long version? I was working diligently with an editor at a large publishing house. It was terrific and we had a number of discussions about direction, development and story. It was a marvelous … Read More
Fierce Women Who Influenced Me will be a series on my blog. I am not sure how often I will post about them but over the course of the next few months I will be introducing you to the … Read More
Colorado in Christmas 2016– the case for slowing down. It seems as though the last 10 days have gone so fast. One minute I am taking care of my 9th grader who got a horrid cold thing right before finals. … Read More
I sit here in my house; rain is falling. I am reflecting on the successes of 2016 and planning for 2017. I have that awful cold thing that starts with a sore throat and morphs into a cough and no … Read More
I thought teaching our daughter how to ride a bike would be easy. My memory of learning when I was 7 or 8 is foggy. I remember walking my bike down the hill to an apartment building to ride … Read More
Yesterday morning Facebook Memories sent me a reminder. 7 years ago I was about to start teaching my Creative Writing course and Literature to the 6th grade, our daughters were entering 2nd and 6th grade and I was 25 days away … Read More