What Comes to Mind

This month came in like a ball of fire. Records were broken, eggs were (I’m sure) cooked on sidewalks, and the beaches were an endless sprawl of people seeking relief. I stayed away from the shore and out of the heat. But there was plenty of heat...

Apologies for the late arrival of this post. I have been distracted – a constant theme of the past two months, I know – by the beginning of some home repairs. My dining room currently looks like the quarantine scene from E.T., my kitchen, living room and storage...

I ended last month's update declaring my intention to get my writing flow back. March was tough, the words were simply not coming. I hoped that composing my monthly short story for my writing group would loosen things up, and I made up my mind to not...

Let’s get right down to it. March, as far as writing goes, was a rough 31 days. I struggled daily to get anything done, be it plotting or editing or actual writing. No matter what I tried, my focus was not on what I wanted to do. There are a lot of reasons...

I always outline these blog posts first. As things come up that I want to mention, I jot them down so they don’t become lost in the crowd. At this moment, as I sit down to outline my February update, the first salvo of a blizzard is landing outside my windows,...