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July 8, 2023
Well, Well, Wendell
A few posts ago, I made mention of my little writing gnome, Wendell. Wendell was a Christmas present from my husband this past year. It took us a while to discover his name. However, Wendell it was, and his sits on our front porch where he can write in his journal.
Imagine my surprise when I learned that, after appearing in this blog, Wendell received a promotion! He no longer is simply a writing gnome. He has been promoted–by my husband–to Gnome de Plume!
Congratulations, my...
June 21, 2023
Change the Rhythm
(cross-posting with my “Do You Know Where YOUR Story is?”, my Substack newsletter)
6 minutesAs a person who works on fixing up her home (ceaselessly, my family would tell you), I have a penchant for HGTV and other do-it-yourself venues (read PBS and YouTube). Like any other normal television viewer, I generously share my viewpoints with the doers and makers and homeowners on TV.
“What do you mean the room has turned into the children’s playground?” is my response to someone whining on th...
June 10, 2023
On Substack Today: Read the last 2 installments of Love’s Door
I’ve posted the final installments to Love’s Door, a story in 8 installments about the cousin of my mystery series protagonist, Mackenzie Wilder. I scheduled installment #7 for June 8, then promptly forgot to note it here (mea culpa), and the final installment, #8, goes up in early morning of Sunday the 11th. Find out what Lara did!
If you haven’t read any of the previous installments, you’ll find them in earlier posts on my Substack: “Do You Know Where YOUR Story Is?”
You can read all t...
June 7, 2023
June 4, 2023
Traveling the Wrong Road
I hate to re-write. It is tedious and difficult, especially the part where you have to shoehorn in new material between existing sections and then repair the damage to the rest of the story.
In working on my novel (Finding Shelley’s Shoes), I had what at the time seemed to be an epiphany. Up the ante, harden the antagonist, make the story more exciting. And so I did that. I thought.
Fast-forward from then through the three years tied up with the pandemic and leaving my...
On Substack Today: The story continues-What is the Problem?
I’ve posted the next installment to Love’s Door, a story in 8 installments about the cousin of my mystery series protagonist, Mackenzie Wilder. This is installment #6 — where we find out more about Lara’s problems with Mackenzie. If you haven’t read any of the previous installments, you’ll find them on my Substack: “Do You Know Where YOUR Story Is?”
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June 1, 2023
On Substack Today: The story continues
I’ve posted the next installment to Love’s Door, a story in 8 installments about the cousin of my mystery series protagonist, Mackenzie Wilder. This is installment #5. If you haven’t read any of the previous installments, you’ll find them on my Substack: “Do You Know Where YOUR Story Is?”
Feel free to read all the installments by subscribing. It’s free!
May 29, 2023
On Substack Today: The story continues
I’ve posted the next installment to Love’s Door.
A Reflection…
My last post was a share of D.W.T. Smith’s post explaining his recent absence from his site, along with his promise that he was back and would resume posting valuable content.
He had perfectly good reasons for being absent and was much more serious in his explanation than I’ve ever been. My explanations amount to “Well, life got in the way again.”
It’s a fact. Life does get in the way of creative work. Not so much in the way of creativity, though. Most of us n...
