Category: personal thoughts
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Day 3 – 1093 Words

I spent most of the time yesterday, Day 2, building characters and scenes for “Inesperada.” This book’s backdrop is being taken from my hometown, using many of the places, and areas in and around the town for much of the story. There’ll be a few changes in the landscape such as the nearby creek actually…
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Day 1 of Writing Everyday Until I’m Published

In mid-June this year, I set down my pen and took some time away from writing. I was tired, my kids were home for the summer, and I just needed a break to collect my thoughts. At the time I was working on a novel that just wasn’t going anywhere, and I needed to step…
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A Day Not Worth Acknowledging

Today, according to the calendar, is the anniversary of my birth and the beginning of my 46th trip around the sun. 45 years of life, and as I look at what is truly the first half of my life, I am disappointed and ashamed of what my story is to this point. It’s not that…
