Shondra Quarles emailed me with news of this free event in Dallas, Texas. Alas, that I live nowhere near Dallas, Texas, ’cause this sounds like fun: Write This Way: Indie Author Fest is hosting our 2018 Authors of the Future Contest. This is an opportunity…

I’m participating in the Deal Me In readathon this year, in which we read one short story each week. I’m doing more than that, since #4 Daughter, The Amazing Sara Marian, loaned me THE DRAGON: FIFTEEN STORIES by Yevgeny Zamyatin. This week’s card suit is…

Charlie (my husband, for those who don’t know) is cah-RAY-zee about Anton Chekov. He gave me a few Chekov stories to read over the years. I loved one and meh-ed at the others. I am assured that the fault is mine, not Chekov’s. So, for…