Are You One of Us?
A Sixty-Year-Old Secret Shared Actually, this secret is older than that, since I’m now seventy-nine. I even kept it hidden from myself. That’s what we do when certain things might be nothing but trouble for us. No…
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Writing Diversity
I’m an explorer of places and people. Therefore, I began by reading books by and about diverse writers.
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Embracing Creativity at 79
In a world that often glorifies youth and new beginnings, a 79-year-old writer embarking on an ambitious creative endeavor might seem unusual.
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Review of Hardland
What I love most about this novel is that nothing is as simple as it appears, and the author sticks with reality along with plenty of suspense, as well as a little tender snaring of one’s heart.
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Forgotten 19th Century East Texas
This journey became an immersive exploration of 19th century EastTexas, bringing to life the rich history of the region.
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Pros and Cons of Creative AI
Striking a balance between using AI as a creative tool and preserving human ingenuity and individuality remains an ongoing challenge.
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Ups and Downs of a Writer
I would rather write than do all this other stuff—marketing, platform, etc.
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First Write for Yourself
Do try writing your story in your own words though. Break a few pencils, crayons, whatever. Tear pages. Get. It. Out. That is what is most important.
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Austin’s Old Three Hundred
The two main families in my historical novel are members of those southerners who settled along or near the Brazos River in the early 1800s.
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Life is Grand, Yet Underneath . . .
San Juan Mountains in the fall, near Silverton, Colorado.
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Love Games Waste Your Time
Say what you mean and mean what you say. Let a person know who you truly are. That is intimacy.
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Step Through Your Fear
It’s those little fears we all face nearly every day that are so easy to deny that bring us down, decision by decision.
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Puberty—A Search for Meaning
Puberty began a search for meaning in my life. I think most people round this age begin to examine the same question.
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Gotta Have a Dream
I wanted to live an adventurous life, no matter the risks. I wanted to experience what I read about in books. That dream was a major part of what enabled me to get past what I…
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Find Joy Where You Can
We found escape and joy wherever we could: in books, imagination, music, food, arts, nature, and holidays.
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For the Sanity of Our World
A report of child abuse is made every ten seconds in the United States.
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Letting Difficult Decisions Slide By
I don’t think he planned ahead on separating us from everyone he trusted. He just did it. One person at a time. That is what perpetrators do.
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Nature is my Refuge
Nature is so big, so grand, so all-encompassing, that Dad seemed puny compared to it. As did my problems.
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Integrity and Morality are not Related to Birth or Wealth
I have since learned that integrity and morality have little to do with which side of the tracks one was born on.
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Kids Need Truth to Balance Imagination
My world and my sister’s world became one of constant anxiety. Except when Dad was out of the house . . . gone.
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My Depressed Dad Ruled Our Family
Knowing what I know now, I believe Dad was clinically depressed and unsure of himself.
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Who Was Elsie Elizabeth Flavel Klink?
My mother, Elsie, was soft-spoken, delicate, like to laugh, and obeyed authority—first, her mother, then my father.
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