Not all writing critique groups fit all writers. Although I do find I can always get “something” out of any gathering of people who work to put thoughts intelligibly down on paper, I’ve come to accept that the organization of the group is almost as important as the...
I’ve now lived “on the beach” for 34 years. Arrived in 1977 and taught school on the peninsula for 29 of my 31 years in the classroom. Now several times every day I run into people I taught, or their parents. Most of them still call me “Ms. B.” But for a brief period...
I attended a Josh Groban concert at the Rose Garden in Portland, Oregon, late last summer. I wrote all about my experience on the 31st of August. Now, I’m not one to go all ga-ga over celebrities, to fly across the country to see them in numerous concerts, to stalk...
In every organization, there are the people behind the scenes, suiting up and showing up without fail, making sure everything is running smoothly in the public eye. Our own Peninsula Church Center in Seaview has a classic example of The Church Ladies at their finest....
November is the traditional time for National Novel Writing Month, referred to in writers’ circles as NaNoWriMo. The idea is for writers to whack out a whole 50,000 word novel in just a 30-day month. Thursday, November 3, I’ll be meeting with other writers at 3 Cups...
