Tom Hanks once famously said, “There’s no crying in baseball!” And he was right. Professional baseball players don’t cry about baseball, because 1.) They’re tough, disciplined, seasoned athletes, and 2.) For those who choose it as their life’s work, baseball is sheer joy. Just as there is no crying in baseball, there is no crying… Continue Reading
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A New Dawn
It’s a new dawn, a new day, a new year, and time for me to make a new start. I have realized, now that I’m about a third of the way through my newest middle grade novel—my fourth—that it just isn’t working. I have to start all over again. Back to page one. It happens.… Continue Reading
The Write Reason
To my way of thinking, there is only one reason to write, just as there is only one reason to breathe: because you have to. That’s why I write. Honestly, I can’t think of any other reason that anyone in the world would ever write. In the first place, you sacrifice and work hard for… Continue Reading
December Rush
Winter has officially arrived in Kentucky. There was a little snow this morning. I think my dogs were as surprised as I was—they did their business immediately and came running back to the house like something had bitten them on their behinds—it was the cold, of course, that bit them. But why am I surprised?… Continue Reading
A November to Remember
At the heart of November is Thanksgiving, and I have so much to be thankful for, the whole year through: Good health, a wonderful loving family, caring friends and neighbors, the two best dogs in the world, our new home—in Kentucky!—, food on the table, a job that I’m passionate about doing, and opportunities to… Continue Reading
Ooooh! Aaaaah! October!
October is my favorite month in Kentucky. One can still enjoy the warm feeling of sun on skin in the afternoons, yet the mornings and evenings are crisp and cool—perfect for soft sweaters and mulled apple cider. Meanwhile, the trees offer an ever-changing show of blazing color. There are times, in October, when I spot… Continue Reading
September Song
By September, every box was unpacked, every item properly placed or put away. And just as I began itching to write again, I was given an excellent reason to do so: An editor at a Big Important Publishing House asked me to revise my second middle grade novel, Let it Shine!, (aka: the un-publishable one)… Continue Reading
AAUUUGH! August
The good news is that our new house was completed in August and we got to move into it! (I now have my very own office, in which to write!) The bad news is that I didn’t have time to write in August. I’d never seen so many boxes gathered in one place in all… Continue Reading
July Joy!
July offered both fireworks and birthday cake—for me! What more does a person need to be happy? Continue Reading
Juicy June
To me, June in Kentucky means homegrown tomatoes and fresh corn on the cob—it was a delicious month! It also means the return of “my” hummingbirds. How I missed them over the winter! It means the clean, subtle scent of day lilies… and lazy afternoons on the lake… Did I say I wanted to be… Continue Reading