

The Art of Long-Distance Running
I was on my high-school track team. I ran anything that had the words sprint or dash in them. I was very fast for short distances. But I...
Ordinary Nothing Special Days
2018 was a blur for me and here we are, halfway through with 2019. Looking over my last post (so long ago) which laid out the four areas...
Emma Sees Red
NYC Midnight Flash Fiction 2018 - Round Two 1000 Word Max - 1st Place Prompts: Fairytale, Corn Field, Poodle The “story behind the story”...
Year of Release
Just like many of you, I spent last evening reflecting on 2017. Parts of that year were amazing and parts were very bad as is the nature...
Life Lessons from my Mom
I know that this blog was intended to discuss “all things writing”. But I am taking a little liberty to include this tribute to my Mom as...


The Wisdom of Winnie the Pooh
One of my writing mentors recently asked me to define my “worldview”….a kind of author’s manifesto if you like. It took me awhile but I...


Learning to Enjoy the Journey
Let me just apologize upfront for the lack of new content on the site for awhile. The last 4 months have been a whirlwind of activity...
Achieving a Creative Dream
My first children’s book was finally released. Prudence’s Prize-Winning Pie was officially launched May 25th, 2017 across all of the big...


The REAL Secret to Success
I’m a big fan of instruction manuals. You give me step by step instructions on just about any subject and I can complete the task. And...


Tigger and Eeyore
I have always been fascinated by the opposite personality extremes of Tigger and Eeyore. I am sure my fascination centers around the fact...