A Writing Group is an Anchor…in a good way.

I’ve been hanging out with a great group of people lately. Once every two weeks, I pull my car into a small parking lot behind an old convent, run up two long flights of stairs, and sit down at a table with other like-minded individuals. We are all writers. I paid for my seat at …

Reflecting Life in Our Writing

I am never disappointed in The Writer magazine. True to form, when I paged through my December issue this month, I read another article that struck a chord at exactly the right moment. I am finally – and seriously – back to work on my novel in progress, so much so that I named this …

Ego throws a mean left hook.

Ego is a funny thing. Sometimes Ego is my driving force that gives me just enough courage to put my work out there. Other times, Ego whispers something that sends me spinning and knocks me out for a few days. Several weeks ago, I had my eye on a couple of writing contests. I considered …