Breaking up with my computer

She has been my friend, my confidante, my connection to the outside world.  She has traveled the country with me, lived in Spain with me, settled back to Tampa with me.  She has helped me write my first published article, send out proposals to agents and publishers....

Poe Kids

I am related – distantly, by marriage – to Edgar Allan Poe. I’m not sure how the relationship works. Poe never had kids. But my mother-in-law, sister-in-law, and niece all have Poe as their middle names. And that middle name has been passed down for generations before...

Java and Jesus

I love coffee. The other day, I was sitting in my van, thinking about coffee. I was out running around and recalled that Pumpkin Spice Latte’s are out, again. I love Pumpkin Spice Latte’s. I couldn’t get them out of my mind. So I bought one. It was...

My Novel Story

  People ask me all the time, “How did you get to be a writer?”   I feel kind of guilty. For someone who loves a great story, the story about my story is pretty dull. No drama. Not a lot of conflict. No “bad guy” trying to thwart me at every turn. I haven’t even had a...

God laughed on my 24th birthday…

Back when I was in high school….way, way back. Back when computer screens were green, Nickelodeon’s most popular show was “Clarissa Explains it All” and Micheal Jackson was not only alive, but still looked human. Back in the days when car...