Edging up to 80

Edging up to 80

by | Sep 3, 2025 | blog post

I’m later in my 70th decade than most people suspect, an émigré from the age of the typewriter and the corded telephone, even a party line with a timed-cut off to cut off gossipy peeps. I’ve always been a gregrious gal – even as an awkward teen – so...
To Pitch a Potential Agent is a B*^+$

To Pitch a Potential Agent is a B*^+$

by | Apr 28, 2020 | Uncategorized

So, this is what my home office floor looked like when the online pitch sessions. While you might think that there was a path laden with gold and that the confetti looked good, the colorful pieces were actually shards of my heart. Pitching ain’t for the faint of...
Why I write

Why I write

by | Apr 9, 2019 | Uncategorized

500 words personal essay, Orange County Roadshow/Podcast, 1888 Center, April 9, 2018   Because I’m compelled by blood. I honor my heredity: my parents and their highly literate minds.   Because my first fully-formed memory shows my mother and me as ensemble. She took...
The BE Attitudes of Preventing Writers Block

The BE Attitudes of Preventing Writers Block

by | Sep 4, 2018 | Uncategorized

http://www.insecurewriterssupportgroup.com Be aware of why you write. Check and recheck daily. Be willing to fail… you’ll be able to, so enjoy it (ha-ha). Be in the moment with the muse. Amuse him/her. Feed her chocolates and wine and roses and...
Yoho! Yoho! Is the hermit life for me?

Yoho! Yoho! Is the hermit life for me?

by | Jul 17, 2018 | Uncategorized

I’m becoming a hermit by attrition. I’m losing friends. But not via death, destruction, or causes natural or supernatural. I’m losing friends. Thankfully not via depression, a personal disaster, or hiccup of life. I’m losing friends. But not...