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One short week ago, I was in San Francisco packing my bag for the return trip home. I’d spent a nice, long weekend at the San Francisco Writers Conference, and another week enjoying the City by the Bay (and my … Continue reading

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I’m giddy! This Wednesday, I’ll be traveling to San Francisco. It’s not just to escape the cold, the snow, and the grey. I hope to learn a few things this weekend. This weekend I’ll be attending my seventh San Francisco … Continue reading

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A long, long time ago (holy cow, five years ago!), I wrote this article about kicking my muse to the curb. Thanks to a workshop at the San Francisco Writers Conference this year, I have changed my mind. When I … Continue reading

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It had to happen. After weeks of Internet back and forth on the self-publishing versus traditionally publishing options (which kind of blossomed into WWIII), with articles like this,  and this, and this monstrosity of a blog post that took me … Continue reading

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This will be a short post, because I have a thousand things to do before I leave Thursday (way early) morning. 1. I am so ready for San Francisco! I’m always ready for the City by the Bay, but right … Continue reading

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For some reason, I felt that 2013 was a banner year in my writing endeavors. Never mind that it took me the entire year to re-work and re-edit my first manuscript…even though that was a major undertaking full of major … Continue reading

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On a cold day in February in 2007, I walked north along Ocean Beach in San Francisco and snapped the photo that now resides as the header of this blog. (It’s also a framed poster over my bed, where it … Continue reading

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