Nashville or Bust

Nashville or Bust

Just over a year and a half ago we formed a writing group. Writing refugees from another. Within a month or two we were on a mission to help each other through the Self Publishing process, support each other in completing our projects, surviving the editing stage, and...

A Brave New Con

A few of us Scribe Hivers are going to be at UtopiaCon in Nashville later this month, June 21-22. Please join us there!! This is, literally, my first rodeo as an author and I’m a little bit panicked. I’ve been to cons in my far distant youth, but the culture has...

Millstones & Milestones

Life is fleeting. We all know this. One moment, you’re bringing your children to their first day at school. Blink … and the next moment your children are learning to spread their wings. Graduating school. Their courage inspires you. You wonder at the ease with which...
So I’ve been thinking…

So I’ve been thinking…

Why bother? I get at least 15 emails a day telling me how to write stories, how to publish, how to ‘sell yourself’, how to get a web presence… Seriously. This publishing and selling stories thing is a mind blower. I am going to be 68 in a week, I don’t have time to...
About Comfort

About Comfort

How important is it? We hear a lot about comfort. We all want a comfortable bed and comfortable shoes. We want to spend time with the people who already know and “get” us, and who we know and “get”. We tend towards tasks, goals, activities that...

Life’s Paradox

I want to talk about a paradox. The paradox of life to be exact. We come into life with awe and amazement. Or, dread and “oh crap what did I get myself into!” As a mother of two, I have seen this look on each of my child’s faces. I laugh to myself knowing all...