Hello! I’ve donated a 4×6 pet portrait in watercolor to the Pens for Paws auction, “an online auction with writers and others from the publishing community to raise funds for Fat Kitty City, a no-kill, cage-free cat (and dog!) sanctuary in El Dorado Hills,...
*This needs an update due to the advances in TTS and AI narrators, but the principles apply!I wrote another guest post for the wonderful writing blog- Operation Awesome! Take a look, and if you’re looking for interesting and useful information on writing and...
I just entered my first ever Flash Fiction contest. (Update: I won!) I have really needed to get back into writing mode after the holidays, and this sounded like fun! It also seemed like a useful exercise at this time when I’m trying to finish a first...
The Itsy Bitsy Spider: The Legend Behind the Myth Purchase on Amazon Purchase on Barnes & Noble “…and the Itsy Bitsy Spider went up the spout again.” But WHY?? Everyone knows the rhyme, but no one knows the real reason behind that infamous...
Say Hola to the Spanish-English Bilginual edition of The Bear, the Box and the Boy: El Oso, la Caja y el Niño I taught English as a Learned Language and tutored Russian. For language learning, in general, I’m a fan of the immersion method, which means no English. Even...