by Lydia | Sep 14, 2019 | Uncategorized
A year ago, my beloved and faithful writing companion Gizmo the Cat passed away. Many of you all knew her through her photogenic and adorable ways as I posted many pictures of us, usually me writing with her curled up beside me, or me trying to write and her...
by Lydia | Oct 11, 2014 | Writing Resources
***Edit*** 06/04/2020 A fan recently contacted me, thanking me for this list of resources on this old blog post. Thinking about the many MANY things I have learned in the past six years, I decided to update this list with some additional resources and...
by Lydia | Sep 26, 2014 | Book reviews/interviews, Life/Writing update, Published Stories
Yesterday, I met with about 25 other members of the Cherokee Roundtable writing group at the estimable Don Ray’s home to celebrate the release of our groups anthology, “Christmas Greetings” – a collection of short stories, poems, and plays with...
by Lydia | Aug 7, 2014 | Advice on Publishing, Book reviews/interviews
This week I had the privilege of interviewing a good friend of mine and newly published author, Ronald R. Van Stockum Jr. His debut book, Markman’s Home, came out in June and is available on Amazon in kindle or paperback form. Reggie, as his friends call him, was the...
by Lydia | Jun 12, 2014 | Becoming-A-Writer Tips, Writing techniques
So this week’s post is more for fun than for instruction, but I will try to draw some helpful conclusions from amongst the adorableness I am about to reveal. I have a new cat, Gizmo. Or, more precisely, Gizmo has a new human, me. Gizmo’s current human (David, my...
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