Monday Minutiae – 02.03.20

Sloppy Copy This week I wrote “THE END” on my 4th manuscript—the crappy first draft, or “sloppy copy” as I and other English teachers have used in the past. To be perfectly honest, I didn’t actually type the words, “THE END”. In fact, I never do. I don’t know why. What I do know is…

Saturday Summation – 08 July 2017

Bits and pieces of things that caught my eye not only for my own interest, but enough to want to share with you, too… Today’s post is brought you by: I Have Thoughts. Writing Stuff: I don’t read many craft books. I think if I were much younger or totally brand new to the idea…

Saturday Summation – 24 June 2017

Bits and pieces of things that caught my eye not only for my own interest, but enough to want to share with you, too… Reading Stuff: The more authors I follow on -Twitter or blogs or wherever- who are part of marginalized populations, the more access I get to their books - and that has…

Saturday Summation – 20 May 2017

Bits and pieces of things that caught my eye not only for my own interest, but enough to want to share with you, too… Reading Stuff: James Patterson and Bill Clinton as co-authors on a novel? I might even read that when it comes out. What an interesting pairing. I got a kick out of…