I was eleven when I read my first real novel and thought, "I want to do this. I want to create characters and worlds that come alive and take me away with them."  It was then I started gathering notebooks and sharp pointy pencils.  I'd write and write and write.

    Then…

It's everywhere, so what is it?

We can’t escape from them and they are quickly becoming the newest thing. Just this past month, I saw the image on a sales paper and…

What is Pinterest? 

Pinterest is a virtual pin board, created about two years ago, but recently it’s been taking off like wildfire. 

If you’re anything like me, I love pin boards!  A favorite recipe, a cute outfit, a great photo, we either stuff it into a drawer (never to be found again) clip it to the fridge (where it falls in-between the fridge and the cabinet) or pin it to a cork board with all the others.   On Pinterest all we have to do, when we find…

Do you have 'The Right Stuff' to be a writer?  Well don't worry, I didn't either.  

     When I first got back into writing, I just wrote.  I 'barfed' out the story from beginning to end and then sat back and felt very proud of my accomplishment.   I then handed it out to anyone who would read it.  Of course, I thought it was brilliant and they would love it.  

     I laugh at that now.

     Of course they were all my friends and treaded…