I decided that 2018 would be a year when I try not to read straight, white, male writers. (I’d also like to read fewer straight, white, female writers this year, but I’m not making that a hard and fast rule.) Honestly, that’s a challenge because several SWM writers I really like have new books out.... Continue Reading →
What Do You Mean, I May Have to Scrap It All?
For a few years now, I’ve been working on a les-fic romance novel. I have a completed draft, and I know it has flaws. I’ve been struggling for over a year to find and fix all of its flaws. At first, I struggled with the revision process because I never really learned how to revise... Continue Reading →
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This Week’s Wrap-up
I set new goals about two weeks ago, and I’m taking this opportunity to reflect on how I’m doing in achieving them. I haven’t met my 2,500-word goal for each writing day. I’m not ready to lower that word count because I know I can meet it if I focus. I haven’t met that goal... Continue Reading →
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Reflections on Twenty-five Years of Marriage
Jen and I celebrate our 25th anniversary today. We made a promise to spend a lifetime together in a dorm room on the U of Arizona campus. In 1993, we couldn’t have an officiant or formal ceremony, so it was just the two of us and a couple of inexpensive rings from a mall jewelry... Continue Reading →
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Flash Fiction – Chuck Wendig’s “New Life” Prompt
Warren wrestles the grocery cart down the cereal aisle, scanning the shelves for something interesting. He ignores the boxes extolling the latest and greatest choco-sugar-bombs for kids and fixes his gaze on the old-fogey options. Not that he’s an old fogey. He’s not, despite his thinning hairline. He’s just a guy who likes to feel... Continue Reading →
Ruth F. Simon 