This week I’m writing from a place with a beautiful view. One of my favorites, in fact. Did I come here for a writer’s retreat, holed up in some faraway place to power through a final draft of my next novel?       Nope. I’m here because- -   Wait!...

I know I know. This sounds scary but I assure you: I have not baked Lily and 9 into a cake!   But if you did we could nibble our way out!   You’ve become pretty handy with Betty Crocker (tm) cake mixes as I recall, 9.   And I love decorating them with...

Some weeks, I feel like I’m ceaselessly running in the same old hamster wheel- -yard, workouts, writing, researching. But sometimes, it’s a different kind of week. Like this week.   It’s funny how unusual activities often surface within a short time frame. A...

A funny thing happened yesterday. I was really sleepy after a busy morning topped off with a long swim, and decided to take a nap. When I fell asleep, it was spring. When I woke up, it was summer! The transition from one season to another happened while I was in the...

At the end of my work day on Wednesday, I contemplated the hours completed on my Sister Catherine Living History script. I'd also worked on pre-submission edits for book five in my series, “Justice in Big-G City.” I was pleased with my progress. The first draft of...

These days, it seems like differences in opinions, outlooks and lifestyles are the fodder for people treating each other as, well, Other. The media and the politicians encourage the fallacy that people with different points of view are irreconcilable enemies. They do...