A friend of mine sent me Roseanne Cash’s latest CD, The List. I’ve probably listened to it two hundred times now. I’m growing a little weary of the first song, but every other song still grabs me. They’re all remakes of old songs and from a wide variety of artists so the styles are not…

Today is Veteran’s Day. Many of us have family members in the service. We are sons and daughters, brothers and sisters, mothers and fathers of soldiers. Regardless of how we feel about this war, or any war, we cannot disregard the sacrifices they have made. Today’s army is all volunteer. They make a choice to…

I’ve put off writing this post, not because I am ungrateful, but because every time I think about it, I cry. Plus, I keep hearing you shouldn’t get personal on blogs that publishing professionals might read. Well, to those of you who know me, you know I delve into my personal life from time-to-time and…

Here is the Saturday schedule. SATURDAY8:30 — 9:20 Novel Writing 101 Editor Panel Designing a Fictional Town Since I didn’t go to the second half of query letter, I decided to go to this one. Carol Berg was on the panel and I admire her writing. I would offer up a detailed report of this,…