Archive for July 2011

Up in the Colorado mountains, my husband and I pedaled down Lucy’s Loop, a green (supposedly easy) bike path. As we downshifted, he took the lead and pumped like a locomotive as we climbed a steep, rocky, hill. (Well, with the terrain aside, he also pedaled like a ban-chi because his bike was a size…

Water line break in garage apartment           Midway through a catch-up phone call with a close friend, I mentioned I’d just returned from a four day stint in New York City, chased by a forty eight hour blur in Chicago. (yes a blur, I wanted to say sprint, but I had…

As a lot of you know, I attended the OWFI writer’s conference in Oklahoma City a little over a month ago. In case you aren’t familiar, authors attend writing conferences hoping to pique the interest of an agent or editor through one-on-one interview sessions. If successful, the agent/editor will enter a contract to represent the…