For years I didn’t make resolutions on New Year’s Day. But over the last couple of years, that’s begun to change. It’s a nice idea, this starting a new year and turning a new page and having 365 (or 366!) days ahead to strive for something. There’s something clean with…
I love National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). I’ve participated – and finished – several times over the years, and each year as November is on the horizon, I am always wondering if I’ll do it again. And while I haven’t participated every year since that first time, I am planning…
I attended the annual DFW Writers’ Conference this past weekend at Dallas’ Wyly Theater. I’ve come across a lot of praise for writers’ conferences, hearing about all of the help the critique groups and workshops provide, writers meeting their agents there, the camaraderie, etc. It was definitely something I wanted…
If it hasn’t come up yet, I am a bit of an Ernest Hemingway fan. I wasn’t always, but an appreciate grew, beginning in high school. And when I started reading those stories and books outside of the standard required reading. So when I was asked what I wanted to…