"Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength." -Charles Spurgeon I like organization. It doesn't come naturally to me; I have to work...

Q. I want to create a series with another writer. You've done this. Any advice? I've done this--co-created projects--several times, yes, and I'll share. Understand, please, I'm...

Writers who've been writing for some time typically settle in and write similar stories. That is, after all, natural to the writer but wise for building a readership. The writer...

Yesterday, via email, I received what ranks as one of the more unusual questions about my writing. I was asked why I didn't use the "F Word" in my books. I thought I'd answer...

This past weekend, I had the privilege and pleasure of speaking to FCRW, a group of writers to whom I've had a special attachment for a very long time. While sitting in on...

Anyone who's been writing for any length of time, and selling (or trying to sell) what they write, knows that a writer eats a lot more dust than she does diamonds. Often, it's...

"Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something." --Henry David Thoreau Yesterday, I was in pain. I have those days, as we all do, and when I do, they make me...

This is a note about a woman who's been through hell--in love twice, and squashed twice for it. Now, she's older and wiser and she's dug through the relationship clutter and...

When we have full lives--and who among us doesn't these days?--we try ever so diligently to schedule as much as we can as cautiously as possible. We start our days with...

"Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the Titantic who waved off the dessert cart." --Erma Bombeck I awakened yesterday morning in a strange and anxious place. One that...

This is a no-edit zone. 🙂 Saturday, I had the extreme pleasure of seeing my son become a father. His wife had a C-section, and he went into the OR with her--a brave thing for...

Why is it that we have so many more conveniences now, and rather than having more time for a life outside of work, we seem to have less? My daughter, whom I swear was born old,...