You may remember, I have a cat. His name is Apollo. I met him when he was six months old. He was staying at a rescue home at the time, a...

     When my daughter was little, she once asked me why I spent my time as an activist trying to save public education and not trying to sto...

I'm excited to finally be able to post today and talk about the latest Pomelo Books anthology Things We Feel , edited by Sylvia Vardell ...

We're currently talking about One Book I Learned from Over the Past year.  I know, I know...it's supposed to be one  book, but why c...

Howdy, Campers, and Happy Poetry Friday ! (My poem and the link to PF are below) TeachingAuthors is officially back from our 🌞Summer Break...

      I’m happy to report:      Since my last posting , I’ve been out-and-about in both the Real and Virtual Worlds discovering all sorts ...

  What does it mean to engineer a revision? In my current WIP, I am working with two distinct points of view moving through simultaneous t...

Welcome! I'm so excited to host this week's Poetry Friday Roundup ! (If you're not familiar with Poetry Friday, you can read mor...

(I touched on this topic in 2011 in a series about writing "soundtracks.")  I'm always interested in other people's playli...