July 7, 2014 – a great day

July 7th -the day I heard that Borealis Press wants to publish my novel, The Medal. My roller coaster ride with Borealis began in February. On one of my crazy-busy Tuesdays, I rushed home at 5:30 pmĀ  to change out of my yoga clothes and get ready to pick up my...

Self-editing

When some people write, they dump all their words on the page until they exhaust their ideas. It’s an intense, uninterrupted process. Not me. I write a paragraph or two (sometime just a sentence) and then I review: there’s a better word here; I need more...

What a surprise!

In the summer, a writing contest was announced in a locally published newspaper. Poetry or prose entries were accepted as long they they illustrated rural life. I had previously written a short story that fit the theme, so I rewrote it to the 750-word limit, and...

Chapters and Verse

In 2013 I joined a local Writers’ Group: Chapters and Verse. It had been in existence for a number of years, and over time, some had dropped out, and others had joined. When I came on board, there were seven of us. The group used to meet at the Community Room in...