My Blog

  • Where to find my more recent articles

    I have moved my writing over to Substack. Thank you for reading! I would be delighted to see you support my work by subscribing to my Substack blog, Another View. Read more

  • Coupon for Free Book

    I am offering a free copy of my short story, Wilhelmina, for one month, on the one year anniversary of its publication. Check out Wilhelmina Share the coupon, JS22Z, with friends. It expires on March 27, 2020. While you are there you may want to check out my other selections. I love to hear from Read more

  • What to Write About – Leave a Legacy

    I don’t very often talk about content in writing. In fact, I don’t believe I’ve touched on this subject before. There are messages out there that need to be shared. A few questions I always ask myself: 1) Am I the one to speak about this? 2) Where/to whom do I talk/write about this? 3) Read more

  • Why I Left Facebook at the End of the Year

    Each of my WordPress followers pressed the “follow” button for a slightly different reason. When I follow someone it is because I have found their writing interesting or motivating in some way and I want to keep track of them and be able to read more of their content. When I think that this is Read more

  • Update on My Novel

    To my dear readers who have followed my story…thank you for your incredible patience. It would almost make a story of its own for me to document my writing journey these past months. I finally decided that at the end of the year I will put my novel aside. In other words, it must be Read more

  • Organizing for Writing

    As writers we are always collecting material. I have file boxes full of notes. Numerous computer files. Bookshelves of books. My brain is constantly coming up with new concepts to write about. New angles. New stories. I can’t possibly keep track of them all. Between my electronic notes and files, and my physical files and Read more

  • Check Out My Latest Article

    I have another site where I write random articles. I just posted this article Don’t Let the Depression Monster Get You  Check it out. Read more

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