The writing life is happily busy these days. While I clearly haven’t been writing blog posts, I have been at work on a number of other pursuits that have me feeling creative, productive, and artistically encouraged. After four years of its being on my shelf, I finally read On Writing by Stephen King. I was, […]

The other day, my four-year-old overheard me telling my husband I have a lot of work to do to edit my latest NaNo novel. Always helpful and convinced he can do anything (and be the best at it), he piped up, “I’ll edit it for you, Mommy.” I said sure and thanked him for his […]

This year, two of my goals were to repeat challenges I completed and enjoyed last year. One is running a half marathon. I have my sights set on one in September, with training to start at the end of June. The other is NaNoWriMo, which . . . I just finished! But wait, it’s not […]