“Matlock has a gift for telling what she calls ‘the secret lives of ordinary people.’”
~Detroit Free Press
Latest Posts
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Milestones — and book giveaway
I have, at last, compiled a list of all my titles. You can see the list by clicking on the Books List tab above. There is also a list of little known trivia about the books. It turns out that Little Town, Great Big Life is a milestone–it is the eighth and final book of…
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Writing Produces Inspiration
You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club. ~Jack London. The club part of the above quote indicates a bit of work. Action. We have to step out and do, and then the inspiration follows. Yesterday I was transplanting liriope. I’ve been putting off the project because I knew…
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Thoughts on Writing Discipline
Self-discipline. So much is written about it. It is valuable and desired attitude. But I’ve never felt I could hold onto it for very long. Self-discipline was not something I saw modeled as a child, simply not one of my strong abilities. Whenever I hear advice to writers to exert self-discipline, I tend to get…
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The First Step is to Begin
The distance is nothing; it’s only the first step that is difficult. ~Marquise du Deffand. For a number of weeks, I have had in mind an idea for a writing project. Whenever I have been in the shower, washing dishes, reading something particular to the subject or talking with a friend about it, glorious words…
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Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day of hot August 2010
I’m grateful to Dee at Red Dirt Ramblings, for her post, reminding me of Garden Bloggers Bloom Day. This meme is hosted by Carol of May Dreams Garden, who reminds us that August is the long hot month that separates real gardeners from the wanna-be variety. I am definitely in the wanna-be category, for both…
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Sago Palms and Writing–Trust the Process
Colder than normal temperatures of the past winter damaged our great, old-fashioned looking sago palm shrub. I was heart-broken to see its dead fronds. In May, after considerable debate and research, my husband and I trimmed off all the shrub’s fronds, leaving two large brown and shaggy dead-looking trunks coming out of a single one…
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~ Contra Costa Times
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