My research trip took me to Yellowstone National Park. It’s a beautiful place but visitors be warned. The roads are narrow and clogged with traffic. Drivers stop suddenly in the middle of the road to look at buffalo or elk … Continue reading →
I recently returned from another research trip aka taking client on a holiday. We went into Montana to look around. I got lots of pictures and would have gotten more… except for this: a speed limit of 70mph on a … Continue reading →
You probably can’t get a group of writers together with the topic of critique groups and/or partners coming up. There are all sorts of articles on-line about critquing–what it is, how to do it, etc. http://www.writing-world.com/links/critique.shtml I’m guessing that it … Continue reading →
I’m presently doing research on Sitting Bull, the Battle of the Little Bighorn and the Indian Wars of the Great Plains. I have visited the site of the Battle of Little Bighorn and saw the graves scattered across the prairie. … Continue reading →
This week I enjoyed a couple of days with my 10-month old granddaughter. She’s at a really fun stage–responsive to words and games. Now she plays pat-a-cake. Her little hands are so plump and her fingers straighten so far that … Continue reading →
I have loved books all my life. I remember going to the old-fashioned library in our small town…oiled floors, big pot-bellied stove, musty-dusty smell. I loved roaming the rows and rows of books. Just seeing them filled me with excitement. … Continue reading →
Let’s talk about writing. My writing seeing as it’s my blog. This week I am working on developing story synopsis (or treatments or outlines whatever you wish to call them for three stories that I hope will become a three … Continue reading →
Technorati Tags: research,Alaska,Haines. On our trip to the Yukon we took a ferry from Skagway to Haines. I read in one of the guides that you can look any direction in Haines and have a beautiful view. I was skeptical. … Continue reading →
There will be SNOW. And I don’t mean a little. Even with much of it melting as it hits the ground, we have a good covering of snow. This is the feeder that a few days ago had … Continue reading →
Last weekend I went to a ladies retreat. It was very nice to get away from everything and not have to cook or clean or supervise. The retreat was held at Sunnyside retreat center beside a lake. I only had … Continue reading →