. Howdy, Campers--and Happy Poetry Friday (original poem and PF link below) ! This is the last of our series about punctuation and relat...

     Young Author's Camps are well under way. It's Sunday night, and I am anticipating tomorrow's new group of writers. To (sort...

As I write nonfiction books, I carefully consider sentence length and punctuation.  Every sentence is crafted in a way that will support the...

So, how to continue our TeachingAuthors  Punctuation theme while following Bobbi Miller’s most illuminating “For the Love of Commas” post...

Hooray for good news! After 2 1/2 grueling years, our son is cancer free! My husband retires today! And I have a new book! The padded board ...

My kitty, Comma.   “ What is one man’s colon is another man’s comma.”  ~ Mark Twain As a writing teacher, and a working writer , I fo...

. Howdy Campers! I'm wildly inspired by the postings of my fellows at Poetry Friday today--see the link below. Bobbi begins our Wha...

     I find inspiration in real life. Rummaging through flea markets and antique stores, examining the jumbled pieces of other peoples' ...

As a researcher, one of the places that inspire me is the Library of Congress (LOC).   The building itself is a national treasure, but the c...