Random Ramblings

The Reward of Writing

I’ll admit it. I can get lost on my computer, typing away, playing with my characters, chatting it up on Face Book and Twitter. The computer is so addictive. It calls to me with plot ideas and woos me with the ease of doing research. Meanwhile, dishes sit in the sink and laundry piles up… Continue reading The Reward of Writing

Random Ramblings

My Characters and Myself

There’s so much of myself in my writing.  I get asked; “Which character is actually you?”  I suppose the only honest answer is all of them and none of them.  I don’t have any characters that are actually anyone that I know.  They are fictional.  They are inspired composites of people that have affected me. … Continue reading My Characters and Myself

Random Ramblings

From Dental Hygiene to Writing

When I first started my writing adventure, I was only writing for myself.  I never had plans to publish.  I didn’t have aspirations of greatness.  You see, unlike most writers I talk to and meet, my background is NOT in journalism.  I only took one English class in college, and that was because it was… Continue reading From Dental Hygiene to Writing