In this week's Festive Friday post, we're going to consider the food your characters will eat at the Crazy Dance Party. (What's a Crazy Dance Party? Why, I'm glad you asked.  You can read all about it here.  You'll find a complete list of the Friday Folly posts at the end of this one.) So, […]

By the time you get to reading this, I'll be in the air on the way to Nashville.  I'm going to be what they like to call the book doctor and what I like to call the writer-in-residence at Room to Write, a weekend writing retreat held at Scarritt Bennett.  This is a whole weekend […]

Just posted my interview on Blog Talk Radio, hosted by Suzanne Peters. You can hear it by clicking on the link to the right, below the twitter button. We talked about writing blocks and had a great time!

For those of you who desire an addictive experience on the internet (like we don't have enough of those) try the live feed of the owl and her babies on Ustream: http://www.ustream.tv/theowlbox . My bird-watching cat, Captain, really likes it, too.

My book on the Staff Favorite shelf at the Cannon Beach Book Store, courtesy of my daughter.

I knew I was going to forget to put this in my Friday post and I did (shows you the power of intent). I'm the featured interviewee on Jim Harrington's blog today. Go visit now! Here's the address: http://sixquestionsfor.blogspot.com .

J. D. Salinger Dead at 91 Just learned that J. D. Salinger, author, of course, of "The Catcher in the Rye," died yesterday. Here's the link to the Washington Post article about it: http://tinyurl.com/yegv3p7

Out With the Old I rearranged my living room yesterday to take better advantage of the gas fire we had installed before Christmas. Rearranging feels like getting stagnant energy out of all the corners and this is the perfect time to do it. I'm doing it with my writing, too….

It is the second to last day of the year, and a fitting time to mull your accomplishments in writing over the past year.  So have at it, what were they?  I want to hear the big, the small, the in-between, all of 'em.  Fork them over, lay them down, share them for all to […]