Soon after Mom moved into the nursing home, we began to break up her household. One gray morning, I came across her cameras tucked away in a cabinet. She’d owned several in her lifetime. I believe she had kept them all. In one camera, that cold March morn, I found a treasure – an undeveloped roll [...]
Archive for March, 2009
Weddings & Funerals
Posted in Reflections on March 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Rebirth
Posted in Commitment, Motivation, Reflections on March 21, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Spring is here. Last week I saw my first robins. On Wednesday, a volunteer from the American Cancer Society delivered bunches of daffodils for their annual fundraiser – Daffodil Days. On Friday, the letters in the google header were shaped like pieces of fruit with a hungry caterpillar eating his way through. This morning, as I [...]
2009 RWA National Updates
Posted in Kiss of Death, RWA National on March 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Studio 16 is again bringing their magic mobile photography studio to RWA National. From Dallas to Chicago, Denver, and Atlanta, Studio 16 has helped writers attending RWA Conferences achieve their best look. This year, Studio 16 will be in Washington, D.C. So… Do you need a new headshot for promotion? Do you hate having your [...]
Writing Tight
Posted in Craft, Style on March 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »
“Substitute ‘damn’ everytime you’re inclined to write ‘very.’ Your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.” ~ Mark Twain I love Mark Twain’s wisdom, and his wit. With the narrowed eyes and steady arm of a master archer, his advice still strikes like arrows at the heart of [...]
Food History
Posted in Craft, Food, Research on March 2, 2009 | 9 Comments »
Sometimes a reference source comes along that is just so helpful you want to shout about it to the world. Yesterday that happened to me. As a writer of historical fiction, discovering The Food Timeline was a godsend. Incredibly organized, using a simple timeline with links to a huge collection of other websites, it presents [...]








