Ode to the Library

A couple weeks ago, I went to the library for the first time in eight years. Okay, that’s not entirely true; when my daughter studied at the university, she worked extra at the campus library, so I went to visit Read more

Monthly Guest Post—Andrew Q. Gordon—The Best Laid Plans of Mice and Men.

The best laid plans of mice and men.  With those eight words, Scottish Poet, Robert Burns reminds us that life is laughing at us. Always.   I like order, not orders (although…. Never mind), but order. Math and science were Read more

Being an Author is a Lonely Business

Being an author is a lonely business. This seems self evident maybe, but it’s something I didn’t think about much until I quit my day job and started working all on my own every day. It’s been almost two years Read more

Love that New Year Smell

I’ve never really tuned into the whole ‘New Year, New You’ thing. Maybe it’s because I’m a writer, and I can imagine how disturbing that would be? The whole New Year’s Eve vibe would be totally different, as people struggled Read more

A New Year

The holidays have come and gone. We’ve celebrated the new year and a new decade. What do we do now? I had a few friends on social media who decided they were going to find a word to tag the Read more

Goals

Happy New Year! I’m not much of a person for annual resolutions—they’re too easily broken and then I feel guilty. I do, however, believe in personal goals. When I began writing, I had a number of authorly goals, and I’m Read more