I'm still happily working from vacation. It's been harder than I thought to stay on top of things while away from home. It's so ...

[ETA: I'll be leaving tomorrow (Wednesday) morning instead. A family member is in the hospital, so I need to move my vacation up a few d...

On September 11, 2001, I was a freshman at Eastern Illinois University. That morning I had an Intro to Theatre class. I went, learned about...

I write a lot about characters and characterization. It's probably because the characters are such an important part of the coffee house...

nixxphotography / FreeDigitalPhotos.net Today is Labor Day. My husband is home from work today, glad to be sleeping in and lounging arou...

I very recently asked my heart sister for writing advice about the collection of books I'm working on. Basically, I have a list of book...

I've been doing a lot  of background work for the coffee house. Outlines, character biographies, charts, and pages and pages of random b...

In mid-September, I'm planning to take Bean and Bunny up to Illinois to visit my family. Not only do I feel like I could really use the ...

My husband is a bit of a techie. He loves gadgets and seeing how games and technology develops. He listens to gadget/tech podcasts and loves...

My two-year-old son loves  stories. Whether I'm reading his story about Chip & Dale (which he calls "Dale book") for the t...