To all my writer friends, you're welcome. The next injury someone in one of your novels might incur could be to their xiphisternum! What is that, you ask? Well, I was going to make you look it up. But you have more important things to do. It is the lowermost segment of the sternum. Now, GET... Continue Reading →
I am a writer!
I am a writer. When taxi drivers, here in Cuenca, ask me: “Estás jubilado?” (isn’t that a marvelous word for retired?), I respond: “soy un escritor.” I am a writer. I have been writing since I left home at 14. Before that, I had no privacy and no awareness, really, of how vital it was... Continue Reading →
F is Friends in Foreign Places
April 16th is the anniversary of the devastating earthquake in Ecuador. In Friends in Foreign Places: An Expat Anthology, thirty-five writers, most living as expatriates all over the world, share forty-five stories about expat friendships and being friends with expats in their own countries. Read how we found friends in the most unlikely ways: buried... Continue Reading →
First things
The first things a writer unpacks when settling into any location, for a few days, a week, or more. That image on laptop screen? That's the first draft of the book cover of my upcoming novel. By the way, I have fourteen open spots for April's a to z challenge where I'll be featuring a... Continue Reading →
Wow! Writers!
Writing begets writing so why not join the #atozchallenge says I? Beginning April 1st, for 26 days throughout the month, I will be featuring a current writer on right here. Are you a writer? Does your first or last name begin with a letter of the alphabet? To qualify for a spot, you need to... Continue Reading →