Author, Writer, Editor
The author’s spellbinding interweaving of history and today’s world in the small Michigan town of Morgan’s Bridge draws you in for a delightful, engrossing read in Morgan’s Redemption. I cannot tell from gazetteers if the community of Morgan’s Bridge actually exists, perhaps under another name, but it is as real … Read more…
Will those writers accept me? I haven’t tried their kind of writing before. We wouldn’t be human if we didn’t wonder deep inside if we’re going to get rejected for trying to join a group we might be unfamiliar with. Some healthy trepidation is normal when facing the unknown. While … Read more…
We humans are resilient beings. Even when tragedy strikes, we recover – bruised and battered and often in deep pain – and we go on, those of us they call survivors. Write your life story, they tell me, because your life is a novel. No, it wouldn’t sell because no … Read more…
When people have the guts and spend the time, money, blood, sweat and tears to venture online to post articles they’ve written under their own name, a lot of things can happen. Of course, some comments are mostly a rant and can wisely be ignored/deleted unless they contain threats. A … Read more…
No, I’m not famous, and you probably aren’t either! It doesn’t matter. Your opinion is just as valuable as anyone else’s. You just can’t shout it in people’s faces, even if you are famous. Due to the kind of writing I often undertake, I’ve become weary of plain “folks,” as … Read more…
People always seem surprised that I work as a technical writer instead of sitting at home watching TV soap operas and knitting for grandchildren. It’s not just that I’m considered an old lady nowadays. An Asian developer young enough to be my son actually expressed that same surprise out loud … Read more…
I don’t think any of the current crop of Presidential candidates qualify as court jesters, but Shakespeare’s Fools would put them to shame, if they did. If the very future of this nation were not at stake, we could laugh ourselves to sleep at night these days. We search high … Read more…
Thank you, dear Ancestor, from the bottom of my heart. You won’t be surprised, but you launched my career as a writer! You gave me the genetics for it, and then I sought education on the finer points of writing, including deliberate rule-breaking. Yet until recently I didn’t realize what … Read more…
Remember when people used to say, “It’s the economy, stupid!”? The slogan began as an office sign by Bill Clinton’s political strategist to remind campaign workers of the central issue. It wasn’t the insult some have interpreted it to be, any more than Keep It Simple, Stupid! was ever intended … Read more…
A writer’s work is with words, so we often have to be precise in our choices to get the message across, unless it really doesn’t matter, of course. No one needs to be “on” all the time. For the most part, we tend to be precise, even when we shock … Read more…