It is well established I love words. In person, I am a talker. And in the written form- well, I guess this blog would be Exhibit A. And, of course, The Roaring Redwoods (Amazon). So there you go. I love words. I liked writing from an early age, but- like …
Episode Two of The Roaring Redwoods is out! And I wouldn’t be doing my capitalist, entrepreneur, publishing-is-a-business best if I didn’t tell you to buy it on Amazon, Nook, or Kobo. (You can get a Kindle app for your phone or computer too.) Okay, pitch over, where was I? This …
Nora Ephron died yesterday. I almost can’t believe it. I saw her on Oprah one time. There’s an idea of heaven: Sitting between Nora Ephron and Oprah. We would talk books. We’d start with lunch and end with cocktails after dinner. We’d transition from books to life stories. Oprah would …
I recently saw a comment on Facebook about a Christian movie in theaters now*. And the comment basically said while it was a good movie, it wasn’t great but Christians should go see it so then more Christian movies can be made and quality can be improved. Like the mustachioed …
I wrote a bit ago about how parenting taught me about writing. I got to thinking– what has writing taught me about (other than writing)? So here are a few thoughts on how fiction writing is like real life. By the way, I’m making key lime pie martinis this week. …
Today I’d like to have a mango margarita. Then I’ll take a sip, close my eyes and imagine I’m on a tropical beach. Cue sigh. My day job at present is parenting and writing. I’ve been thinking that they’re alike in several ways. Most writers refer to their books as …