Recently, I received the following email: Can you recommend a writing course for me?  I want to learn how to write fiction / biography. My gut reaction was, “I can’t…

Wherever You Are took me 15 years(!) to complete from initial idea to publication. I began writing just after my oldest daughter was born and finally held the printed book…

True Story By Shel Silverstein (from Where the Sidewalk Ends, 1974) This morning I jumped on my horse and went out for a ride. Some wild outlaws chased me and they…

I always knew I wanted to write. Whether it was going to be as a career or as an outlet, I wasn't so sure. My life took quite a few…

A few years ago, I wrote a manuscript for a novel with a controversial main character. The story was even more controversial. The intention was to open a window into…

I wrote my first diary entry when I was ten years old. I had received the little journal as a gift from my oma. And after a few false starts,…