I choose to focus on what is right with this world rather than what is wrong. There are a whole lot of both, the good and the bad, and a...

The equinoxes are nice, heralding the ebb of Fall and the flow of Spring. The summer solstice is fine, marking the longest daylight of...

Hello Dear Reader. Well, bad news and good news on the rejection trail. Total number of rejections since I started reporting this to you...

Do you think this pretty creature doubts herself? Of course not. She is a deer. All she has to do is be a deer. She knows what deer do,...

Here in the pine forest the outdoor activity is transitioning from shoveling snow to raking pine needles. The interlude between these...

I lost a friend yesterday. A good friend. Cancer found her and I lost her. She was good and loving and kind and honest. My heart breaks...

Who is always telling you "Just do the work"? Yeah, that would be me. Who has not been doing the work? Yeah, that would be me. Sometimes...

Yes, you are allowed to stare out the window. As a writer, it is part of your job. Just keep your pen on the paper while you are doing...

Yes, another rejection: Thank you for sending us "The Furnace". We gave it careful consideration but unfortunately have decided it is not...

Thank you for allowing us to spend time with your poems, which were among ~700 other poems we received and read for the spring 2017...

Yes! Success! Rejection letter #1 received on January 29th. I was so excited when it came, because it meant that I had been working. I...

Hello Reader! Just a quick note to say, check out my "News & Events" page to find out about a cool new project I am involved in. If you...

I have been in a slump. I've hardly written a creative word since April (NaPoWriMo, so hard, didn't think I'd get through it). My...

Hello Reader! Welcome back to the regular Monday post. I am in labour. Gestation has been two years. And the baby is only twenty pages...

Good Tuesday Readers and Writers! I'm sorry I missed you yesterday, but as it was a semi-holiday, I slacked off. But none of that for the...