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How Moving to Panama Made Me a Better Writer (Really!)
Back in 2012, my husband and I had been through some rough years. Our move to Panama was an act of financial desperation, with some unexpected results.
I Avoided This Personal Plot Twist for Years. I Finally Gave In...
Last week I did something that feels massive to me. It was something I talked about for several years before I actually did it, something I knew would…
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Much Ado About Em Dashes -- No, Using Them Doesn't Mean AI Writes for Me
So now we have AI police who insist that anything with em dashes must be AI generated. It wasn’t my intention to write about AI again this week. Or em…
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I Asked AI for an Image. It Gave Me an Ethical Dilemma Instead.
So what do you think of AI-generated images? I have very mixed feelings about the ethics of using them, at least the ones offered by Substack. Here's…
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May 2025

In the Good Old Summertime. . .
I hope all of you in the US enjoyed a happy and healthy Memorial Day. It’s a shame that a day that originated as a time to mourn our fallen military has…
Will it Sink or Swim? Drowning in Deception Goes to Beta Readers
It’s been an exciting week in this writer’s life. I sent out my Drowning in Deception manuscript to beta readers, with equal amounts of excitement and…
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Drowning in Deception… Join the Rescue Crew by Volunteering to Beta Read
Alright, readers, it’s time! Consider this my official request for beta readers for the first book in my upcoming series. The working title — still…
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April 2025

Birdseed-Stealing Squirrels Might be Good for Something After All
Notes from the writers life. . .
Here's the Aching Truth Nobody Tells You About Writing in Your Later Years
Forget the ache-y, break-y heart, it's the everything else! That's the real problem with writing fiction in your later years, the one nobody talks about…
How I Broke the Toxic Editing Cycle by Putting Book One in a Time-Out
Recently I finished the developmental edit of book number two in my series. I’ve set it aside for now, and pulled book number one out of the virtual…
How This Mystery Writer's Creative Flow was Brutally Murdered
If this were a game of Clue, the answer would be the Husband, in the Kitchen, with Words...
Why Human Editors Still Matter (in Spite of AI)
These days you can’t peruse your inbox, go to social media, or read a newspaper or magazine without tripping all over news and information about AI. I…
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