Last week I got to use our cottage in Michigan as a mini-writing-retreat. I went with a talented writer friend who helped me salvage my ...

I wrote this essay as I was preparing to launch my first novel.  (Buy my book!)   It aired on our local public radio station the other day, ...

I mentioned in the post I wrote about the movie Brave that I might need to amend or rewrite part of my first novel to accommodate it.  I ca...