Readers and Writers
I doubt that I would ever have become a writer if I hadn’t first been a reader. From an early age, I learned to escape into the written word, living in my imagination, taking the ride offered by someone else’s pen. How limited and dull my life would be if I didn’t have a love […]
Start and Go!
The hare should have won the race. After all, he had everything going for him: initiative, speed, good intentions. He had the kind of excitement that seizes all of us when we start out fresh, setting goals or writing New Year’s resolutions. Everything is easy at first. It’s after the excitement wears off and a […]
Taking the Plunge
As part of identifying the steps I needed to take to further my writing, I’d added “writers’ conference” to the list. My writing group mentor read my manuscript. Check. I’d made changes based on her feedback. Check. My ongoing weekly critique group liked what they heard from me each week and also offered suggestions and […]