Anticipation
My writers group – this wonderful collection of warm-hearted souls in this Steel City of mine – meets tonight. Among the works that they will be critiquing is Chapter 1 of my own novel in progress....
View ArticleThe Sunday Salon: A Perfect Storm
From the looks of our weather outside and the forecast, we’re in for quite a summer storm today. I could have predicted as much, given the migraine that’s been holding my head hostage since Friday...
View ArticleThe Sunday Salon: Restless Reader
I am SO excited, yinz. I has a new toy! Well, not really a new toy exactly, but close enough. I finally figured out how I can download library audiobooks onto my phone and listen to them! (I hear...
View ArticleThe Sunday Salon: Wolves at the Door
Tuesday is starting to loom large. We meet with the surgeon on Tuesday to learn The Husband’s biopsy results and to discuss next steps. Most likely, that evening my life will resemble yet another...
View Articlea few words for beth, for work-in-progress day
When Beth Kephart throws Facebook confetti and declares that it is Work-in-Progress day, and when Beth then invites her many talented writer friends to share a few lines from their current...
View Articlein which i will be reading my words in process, in ligonier, in june
So, I’ve been sitting on some exciting news for the last couple days. It has been like that lately with us book bloggers, hasn’t it? Seems like a bunch of us have new projects and all sorts of new...
View ArticleWords in Process
We are back from a few days by the ocean and the bay, a few days during which I walked these paths and gazed at these skies I love. As is often the case with the weather at the Jersey shore, the skies...
View ArticlePride Week: The Stories That Won’t Let Go
It’s Pride Week in Pittsburgh, and several of my library coworkers are writing blog posts featuring LGBTQ books and other materials this week. I’m honored to be part of this effort, and pretty proud...
View ArticleBook Review: Borrowed Time: An AIDS Memoir, by Paul Monette
Borrowed Time: An AIDS Memoir by Paul Monette Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1988 342 pages During a critique session, someone in my writing group asked me about my motivation for my novel-in-progress....
View Articlethe sunday salon: april reading, judy in june
Currently // My usual Sunday morning-into-early afternoon perch on the sofa, perusing the Pittsburgh and Philly newspapers along with Facebook and blog posts. On tap for today is grocery shopping and...
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