Our local paper The Port Aransas South Jetty summed up the amount of alcohol consumed on the island last year. To quote “Drinkers at bars and restaurants in Port Aransas downed $11.4 million worth of adult beverages during the past year. According to the Texas State Comptroller’s Office, that figure is up 1 percent from […]

Today I had the pleasure of being interviewed on BlondWriteMore. A visit to Lucy’s blog for interviews and interesting information should be on every writer’s list of things to do. Stop by, and you’ll see what I mean.

Yes, it is Stream of Consciousness Saturday time again and this week’s prompt is “yes.” Linda Hill says we can use it as a word or part of a word. (Freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose) Also this week there is an extra point possibility if we begin and end the post […]

This week has gone quickly. I suppose being busy has helped. I managed to get the My GRL manuscript off to the editor for a final go through. I also finalized the cover and will have it to show at a later date. I have been working on a newsletter that isn’t quite right so […]

You may have heard the exciting news about the first *virtual* RRBC WRITERS’ CONFERENCE & BOOK EXPO!! The club is  beyond excited about this event and I also hope you are going to join us. This will be a one-of-a-kind event you do NOT want to miss!! The Club expects the Conference to be huge […]

An interesting series I’m sure. Come meet Audrey Driscoll on Sally G. Cronin’s site.

  It is Wednesday Storytime again, and last week we left Ralph telling the commander that he was coming out. We need to get back quickly so that we don’t miss any of the action. This episode could be the end of Ralph and we wouldn’t want to miss that circumstance. Unfortunately, we do not […]

It is hard to believe this edition of Kreative Kue is number 100. I have enjoyed each in which I have participated. If you want to do it here is Keith Channing to explain it all. “Using this photo (below) as inspiration, write a short story, flash fiction, scene, poem; anything, really; and either put it […]

  I dislike the time change situation and have to guard against doing some unnatural things during the “getting used to” period. I hope this list is not too late. Top Ten Things Not to Do When the Time Changes 10 When there is a time change, do not think “fall back ” will really […]

Here is a Sally G. Cronin feature that is so timely. Also, Charles Yallowitz is one of the finest storytellers around so snap up Beginning of a Hero and start on the Legends of Windemere journey.