Category Archives: Writing Projects

“Trees In My Life” is coming soon to an e-store near you

This collection of short memoirs is currently in final edit and should be out by August.  

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Now on Fictionaut…

Now on Fictionaut…

Library Think, Author’s Den, Goodreads, Fictionaut… the web is such a great place for readers and writers!

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Writing across species?

Writing across species?

I was researching free indirect discourse (please, not here!) and came across this blog entry with a quote from Jennifer duBois, a writer, discussing writing across species gender and saying…

“… Writing from a female point of view seems to be generally regarded as something more like writing from the perspective of a deer: you might get points for novelty, but it’d be impossible to get right, and who really wants to hear a deer narrate a story, anyway?” 

Ouch! My Deer Story is nothing if not a deer narrating a story.  There are people actually buying (and presumably reading) it, and some even go on to read The Hawk’s Tale.

 

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Some flash fiction stories I wrote on Goodreads.com, just because.

Some flash fiction stories I wrote on Goodreads.com, just because.

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Next project – a memoir about trees in my life

Hopefully it won’t read as boring as it sounds!  Here’s what the muse had me say… “Do not say that I am a tree hugger!  Yes, I have hugged trees, but it was for my sake, not theirs, and that … Continue reading

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Now on Amazon…

Known For Her Courage… http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0087QEQ4K

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“Known For Her Courage” is at the e-printers!

Amazon should have it available by Friday 6/1, and the Smashwords outlets within the next 2 weeks, or around 6/15.  The final word count is 4,491 for about 16 to 25 pages depending on the e-reader settings.

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Now listed on Author’s Den

The Author’s Den site is yet another forum for connecting readers and authors.  It will take a while to get all the stories listed.  For now I have only listed the memoirs of my youth in Stafford Springs… “The Stories … Continue reading

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The cover for “Known For Her Courage”

I’m trying a color cover for a change here.

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Bucknell graduation class of 2012

Great speech by writer Anna Quindlen.  Full of hope, courage and encouragement.  I hope she posts it online…

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