It’s been a long autumn this year. The colors have passed their peak (evidenced, if by nothing else, by the fact that I could barely see the lines in the parking lot at work this morning for the carpet of yellow that covered them), but only just, and they began weeks and weeks ago. I saw a flaming maple in […]
A Little Bit of You
I’ve been attending a writer’s conference for the past few days and have founds some really helpful tools and met some really interesting people. There’s been encouragement; there’s been frustration; there’s been review; there’s been new material. In all, a positive experience. A few thoughts and things I’ve learned: 1. Put a little bit of you into every character you […]
Paper
Of late, my “blog” posts have rarely made it off of the paper they often are started on. In the few moments when I actually sit still without a task in the week, I find myself thinking (which to me, means writing), and I’m rarely in front of the computer screen at those moments. That’s the whole point of those […]