Autobiography for Me

Autobiography for Me

by | Dec 9, 2025 | blog post

If you were writing your autobiography, what title would you give it? It’s an interesting question, isn’t it, perhaps more interestinging than the contents of the biography, since most of us live mundanely ordinary lives. Like Sands through the Hourglass… a long...
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...