

Steps for Cooking a 26 pound Turkey in a Microwave (yes, it's actually possible)
Step #1 Have a mother who bakes homemade sweet rolls. When last batch is done, she will feel woozy from sugar overload and turn off...


Sick people make me sick
It’s not that I don’t like sick people, or that I think they’re faking. It’s that they can literally make me sick. And they don’t stay...


It's October, and Halloween isn't the only scary thing out there
It’s been a month since the Colorado Gold Conference. Since that incredible high of being surrounded by other writers, listening to...


That's Life
I’ve been so busy lately that I haven’t posted as frequently as I’d hoped to. But that’s life. In the meantime, my son just took a great...

People ask me where I get my ideas for stories I write.
When they ask that, I’m kind and gentle, and tell them that I see something and it just gives me an idea. I say that because if they knew...


Fired Up
I just got back from Colorado Gold, the annual Rocky Mountain Fiction Writer's conference in Denver. I've been going for several years,...


Dead Man Joking
Here's a short story I wrote for a contest. You had to write about the photo they provided. “Did I ever tell you the one—“ “Yep.” “Wait,...


In a world where everyone is a super hero, no one is
I read an interesting article today. It was about how you should “manage Millennials.” I’m sure every Baby Boomer and XYZ Generation has...

Am I on a police watchlist?
Most people never think about being on any of the police agency watch lists. But writers, well, we’re different. Most people don’t go to...


Cousin Ollie and the Black Hole
Cousin Ollie stopped by the other day and invited my husband (we’ll call him Jughead to protect the guilty) to come along on a fishing...