As promised, here are some photos for you from Surfside Beach. We went back to Brookgreen Gardens (of course) and took their Coastal Excursions Tour which was a lot of […]
Blatherings
Rambling posts about anything else not covered by another category
Vacation Looms
We’ll be headed to Surfside Beach for a vacation on Saturday and I’m really looking forward to it. I need a break! Real-life has cut way into my writing time […]
New Historical Anthology
I’m working on a new historical story that’s sort of a collaboration between JES Hays and EJ Murray. It’s a “weird history” detective story, with one of the velyr who […]
Self-Care for the Writer
Over the past year or so, we’ve been hearing this term more and more: self-care. But what does it mean for the writer? Self-care just means taking care of yourself […]
Goodbye 2020/Hello 2021
The year is ending … finally. Like many, I feel this year has been both longer and shorter than any I’ve known. It seems we’ve been quarantined for at least […]
Happy Holidays
Happy Holidays to all and a Happy New Year! December and January are when we hold our Winter celebrations – whichever you prefer to celebrate. We shut out the cold […]
50 Gifts for Writers
It’s that time of year again: time to think of something your writer friend or family member will actually use. Fear not! Once more, we come bearing gift ideas for […]
Sixty Books That Changed My Life
For my 60th birthday (that can’t be right!) I’m emulating Bono from U2. He published 60 songs, but I’m a writer so I have chosen 60 books. I’m going to […]
The Aging Writer
In only a week, I’ll be 60. That just can’t be right, can it? As I look back over a lifetime of writing — most of it unpublished and rightly […]
Update #2
I’ve graduated from a knee-length cast to a short boot, which I can take off when I need a shower!