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Eight months down in 2024 and four to go. September is here. In the twelve years since I retired as a teacher, I used to smile when the first day of school arrived since I didn’t have to go to work. What a joke! Once I decided to become a writer, everyday is a potentialContinue reading “Insecure Writer’s Support Goup Blog Post for September 2024”

Wow. Today is September 3, and my 53rd wedding anniversary. Where has time gone? Today, the authors of Tuesday Tales are working with the word prompt FUNNY. I struggled to find a way to use the word based on where I am in the novel, but then I recalled that not everything one considers funnyContinue reading “Tuesday Tales: From the Word FUNNY”

What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you hear or see the words, Protecting the Innocent? For me, it’s complicated. As a child, I would’ve immediately considered angels since having a Guardian Angel was something I was told I had, my own angel who would keep me from making bad decisions and watchContinue reading “Protecting the Innocent. New Series Because Readers Like Series!”

Wow! The end of August is upon us. I hope you enjoyed your summer. I did. Last week, I had a chance to meet with friends in the beautiful town of Alexandria Bay, NY. Great way to say goodbye to summer. This week, the authors from Tuesday Tales are writing to the word prompt QUICK.Continue reading “Tuesday Tales: From the Word QUICK”

Welcome to this week’s Tuesday Tales. Our word prompt is SWEAT. Things are heating up in Listen to the Stones. Enjoy! Jerome watched Marina leave the room. She’d only asked the one question, but she’d watched him so intently that it had felt as if she were looking into his soul. He swiped at theContinue reading “Tuesday Tales: From the Word SWEAT”

We’ve all heard the expression that nothing hurts as much as words, but words also have the power to heal. When I came across the file folder holding the the poems I’d written almost 30 years ago, I asked myself why I’d stopped writing poetry. Of course, I was involved in writing curriculum at theContinue reading “Poetry is Enduring and Keeps Giving Long After It’s Been Written”

Welcome to this week’s Tuesday Tales. I’m continuing with Listen to the Stones. This week, our word prompt is BURNED. Carrying it back to the sofa, she reached for the amulet once more. Raven, wide awake, sat beside her. Marina turned the pendant over and held the magnifying glass above it. The handle seemed toContinue reading “Tuesday Tales: From the Word BURNED”

Hard to believe that summer is slowly coming to an end, but the signs are here. Leaves are slowly starting to turn red, a sure sign that fall is getting closer every day. I can’t complain. Summer has been good to me, although the storms did take down a few trees. I’m hoping fall andContinue reading “IWSG Monthly Blog August”

Wow! August is here already. It’s been a busy summer with home renovations, but I’ve still managed to get some writing done. This week, the authors of Tuesday Tales are writing to the prompt, HOT. He shook his head. “And again at her hotel in Inverness.” He repeated what Marina had told her about lockingContinue reading “Tuesday Tales: From the Word HOT”

Back in 1996, I challenged my English class to write a poem based on a disaster. While I can’t share theirs with you, I can share the one I wrote. The disaster I used was the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995. Little did I know an evenContinue reading “Another Poem, This One from 1996”