Writing, The Long and Winding Road (thanks, Paul McCartney)
Dear Reader, Being a writer is hard. I can say this, because most of my readers are also writers, or
Dear Reader, Being a writer is hard. I can say this, because most of my readers are also writers, or
I know how to write. I’m a good writer. And the problem? It is hard to get an agent. It
Sarah Callender has a wonderful name for a writer, and she is an amazing one. Sarah and I read posts
Autumn is finally here. In some parts of the country and the world summer’s end was wet, with incessant rains
Memory is TIME that lasts, because of INTEREST. Or it could be TIME that won’t depart, and thus reappears, even
When I was growing up…the worst thing you could be called was LIAR. On, I am sure there were other
When we moved back to Chicago, leaving our wonderful years in California, my daughter Christie sent me a book of
This time of year we remember things we are grateful for, and families often top the list. And our children,
She listened to the steady pounding of her feet along the roads. And after a while, she could feel it
Writing is a universal human experience, often creating timeless fiction, with topics like birth, death, anger, and hurts. For some
In our busy lives, one thing we must remember, or TRY TO REMEMBER….don’t let distractions derail your life! Think
Why did Charlotte Brontë go to such great lengths on the publication of her acclaimed, best-selling novel, Jane Eyre, to conceal
Writing fiction has been my passion for decades, and truly took hold when I was home raising my children. It
When our children were little, I worried about losing them, not to illness, death, but to kidnapping. I felt our
Writer and published author Therese Fowler wrote this to me on Writer Unboxed: Beth, obviously I can’t predict how your
Why did I begin writing a novel about a kidnapping? Because I’m a mother. Because of an event in the