Do you have an ideal reader? You know the one reader that you think about as you are sculpting your prose; that reader who is sitting on your shoulder as you look for the proper way to turn a phrase, or escalate a series of events? This idea has come and gone throughout my writing…
Greetings from Florida We arrived in Florida in mid-July. The weather was unbearably hot and humid–mid-90’s and within 48 hours of our arrival, everything went pear shaped. First, the job my husband was promised and that we traveled three thousand miles for, evaporated faster than butter in a hot frying pan. Second, the apartment we…
“A bad habit never disappears miraculously; it’s an undo-it-yourself project.” ~Abigail Van Buren Writing is a habit. And guess what? You are in control of the habit. If you want to make writing every day a habit then you have to actually get up a few minutes earlier, take a few minutes out of your…