Black Raspberries & Writing

I love black raspberries. I am NOT fond of the perfumy red ones. We had a thriving black raspberry patch just off the back porch when I was a kid. Mom would make pie and jelly and bowls of berries with sugar and cream. But best of all was just standing in the yard...

Bloom Where You're Planted

I love to go hiking in the spring just so I can ferret out wildflowers. Trout lilies, showy orchis, trillium and dwarf iris are all pretty common in my area. The real prizes are lady slippers (I’ve found pink, but never yellow), shooting stars and the trailing...

Speaking in Tongues

I love to write dialogue in my novels. And I think I do it reasonably well (at least, that’s the feedback I’ve gotten). I’m still trying to figure out things like tension, plot and characterization, but I’m mostly comfortable with verbal back...