Remember how, back in December, I wrote my first humor piece for the Midwest Writing Center’s e-zine? That was a big step. This week I wrote my first feature piece for a newspaper. Whoa, people! Just, whoa. I’m really branching
Branching out
First print run of A Lesson in Manners
Yesterday, I send off the first query letter to an agent regarding my finished novel. Tomorrow is my brother’s birthday. And today is Book Day: the first print run of A LESSON IN MANNERS arrived on my doorstep. A satisfyingly
Literature saves lives
Recently I had a wonderful chat with a fellow writer who has moved to the area, and it turned to an article (on the front page of the Muscatine Journal, no less) on writing, Muscatine, and why the world needs