P is for . . .

I wrote an article this weekend on Peace. Hummingbird pictures - so cool. But that is not what I chose for my letter P article this week.

I've chosen the virtue of Patience.

I know this isn't always a favorite topic, so I'll hurry and get to the point. Wait, on second thought, I think I'll take my time . . .

Dr. Seuss, in his book, "Oh, The Places You'll Go," admonished against staying in "the waiting

N: Is There Such Thing?

With the A2Z blog that I'm doing each week, we have reached the letter N. It begs the question: 


How nice is too nice? Maybe the better question would be, “Is there such a thing as too nice?” Well, yeah, if it’s disingenuous, but I don’t think sincerity can be too nice.

I don’t think I’m in the minority here, but I’ve been

Characters - Every Last One of Them!

This group I traveled with last week is full of extraordinary people. And isn't that what makes a good novel? The characters?

When I first started writing my novel, I thought I would focus on placing just regular everyday people in difficult positions and seeing how they would work their way out of it. As I progressed, though, I realized that there are no such things as regular everyday people!