Plagiarism post
Now I’ve seen everything! I was looking through the job listings on Craigslist today, and came across a listing that makes me shake my head. In disgust. The person wrote that… Read more »
Tag: life
What did I see?
I can find no logical explanation. None at all! You see, last night around midnight I drove to the UW campus to pick up my daughter, who had to stay late to… Read more »
A glimpse of a glimmer
A few posts ago I wrote that I wanted to tackle a mystery. It is one of my favorite genres, and I adore the plot twists necessary to keep the… Read more »
Memorial Day Thoughts
Yesterday was Memorial Day, and I was thrilled to see the local news spend a lot of time reminding people what Memorial Day is all about. So many Americans have forgotten… Read more »
A mystery
I have about 15 storylines just waiting to be written. Fifteen plot ideas, 12 are sitting in a file on my computer, 3 are in a notebook on my bookshelf, all… Read more »
The backpack
I’m one of those people who feel guilt about just about everything. If I have to kill a spider, I apologize to it first. When I worked at a place… Read more »
Letters of Thanks
I just got thank you letters from the two fifth grade classes I spoke to for Young Author’s Week. Wow, they certainly did make me smile! Fifth graders can be… Read more »
Conversing with fifth graders
They are not all like this, but here are a few of the conversations I’ve had during various question and answer periods at elementary school author visits. These all occurred… Read more »
A knock on the door
Friday I was working upstairs in the office, when I heard a knock on the door. I rushed down the stairs and threw open the door, sure that the person… Read more »
To spell, or not to spell
I interviewed with a woman a few months ago, and was thoroughly amazed by what I learned. It seems that this particular woman, a well educated employee of UW, has… Read more »