Lightening Round: How Flash Fiction Electrifies Writing
Attending and presenting at the Write by the Lake Conference last week with UW Madison's Division of Continuing Studies, I took a fun and fabulous class with Angela Rydell on…
Baby Boomer Birthday: Surviving the Second Adolescence
This week I turn 52. Oh. My. God. Okay, it’s not totally ancient, but the scary thing is, I find myself wrestling with the same questions that haunted me at…
Spanking Shakespeare: A Gross Great Read!
Spanking Shakespeare: A Gross Great Read! Just finished listening to the audiobook of Spanking Shakespeare by Jake Wizner. This is a fabulous YA novel, an excellent choice for "cool guys,"…
YA Book Explores Strange-bedfellows: Spirituality and Homosexuality
Just finish reading Alex Sanchez's YA novel called "The God Box." A well-written, and in my opinion, important book that explores the intersection of spirituality and homosexuality. It is the story of…
Getting Grounded
Broke my hand yesterday, rushing to yoga, so I could get grounded. It seems so apropos that I should begin my new blog now. I've already discovered that a broken…