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Writing this memoir about writing, my writing, has brought back so much about my mom. She was helping me become a writer with things at the time I just thought nothing of…like when she gave me Shelly Wong’s address in San Francisco and suggested we become pen pals. Mr. Wong, her boss, owned China Boy,…

Today I was thinking about what I could do with my wish to rearrange my writing life. What will make me happiest in these last years? Part of it would sort of wrap up my writing energy for my family. Nobody’s going to want to keep my blog up or collect my slim royalties. Maybe…

Nothing makes me feel like stopping my online life like seeing all new stuff when I open a trusted app. I am paying way more for services and getting far less, even being hacked. The only time I feel like this in my life is coming online where I was able to navigate without major…

What I know about 2025 is that I will turn 70 this year and it will be a significant year for me. Why? I am switching to historical romance. (My first Regency, a novella, was published in December 2024). I stuck to romance (as it turns out!) but now set centuries in the past. The…
September is a full month for me but not as full as it used to be when I was a teacher. My family has four birthdays in September (and we are not all that big of a family!) I have a writer’s conference at the end of the month. My writing group meets, too, the…