Writing Mentor

I was thrilled to read my name on Christina Katz’s blog yesterday, http://www.thewritermama.wordpress.com under, “Unwelcome Allergy Attack/Vacation Alert.”  I won a phone consultation with Christina, author of The Writer Mama and publisher/editor of the online zine, Writers on the Rise, and she is the inspiration behind this blog. We talked for over an hour and she gave me [...]

Getting What You Wish For…..

I got an email at the beginning of the week from author, Rachel Safier of “There Goes The Bride” http://www.theregoesthebride.com asking to interview me for her latest book called, Boy Meets Girl (Adams Media, Valentine’s Day 2008). Rachel read an essay I wrote for Literary Mama called, “The Birth of Readers”(http://literarymama.com/litreflections/archives/001167.html) in which I mentioned meeting my husband on a [...]

one of millions

In a statistic search for my book proposal, I came across an interesting number: 81% of people think they have a book inside of them. 81%! It’s a humbling number. 
I like to think of myself as unique, I like to think I have an important story to tell. Can it be possible that only 19% of people don’t have a [...]

A dream come true…..

Every afternoon of my childhood, I climbed down from the school bus to begin the mile long walk up Kimball Farm Road. I plugged my nose as I walked by the Spackman’s farm to mask the smell of cow manure and warm milk, and began telling stories in my head. I dragged my feet as [...]