I met two cancer survivors yesterday. After months of not being called to help I was asked twice in one day. This used to happen more often. Someone would ask if I would talk to another person or to them … Read More
How can we be on week four of #NaNoWriMo already? Is it flying by for you, too? New president elect, one week from 11 million sick to 12 million sick, (WEAR A MASK, PEOPLE) and I have worked on 2 … Read More
Can we just chat for a minute? If you have followed me for a bit you know that I don’t believe in writer’s block. I seem to suffer from the other side of the equation. I have too many ideas! … Read More
I don’t believe in writer’s block. But I did get stuck this week. I am writing a middle grade book. This book is for a 9-12 year old reader who could be as young as 6 or 7 or as … Read More
If you are here for the writing, stay tuned…writing a post now for you! Thoughts on covid and the lessons of being a cancer survivor. I am a spiritual person, perhaps a religious one depending on your definition of … Read More
IF you are wondering why Schitt’s Creek swept the Emmy Awards this past week, let me let you in on the secret and not so secret success of this show. Let me begin by saying, 6 seasons was perfect. I … Read More
In the show Hamilton there is a heartbreaking song immediately followed by Jefferson saying, “Can we get back to politics?” I feel like that now–with all hell breaking lose I need the refuge of my imagination. If only for a … Read More
When you have a famous father sometimes you have two fathers. You have the one that everyone “knows” and you have the one you know. During my lifetime I have met many people from all walks of life. When my … Read More
New character building questions for You. When I was in acting class with Larry Moss we would start each class with an exercise. We would get quiet and listen to our breath and then do a body scan beginning at … Read More
I love Leslie Dwight’s post. Instead of seeing everything as horrid and bleak we must remember that every time of great change is painful. The things that change us, make us grow, or make us travel outward from all that … Read More