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Gray’s Anatomy

This three-part short story introduces you to my friends and co-authors Dee Lynk and Rita Reali, both of whom I’ve gotten to know through Crossville’s writers’ group, Write Away. We decided to collaborate to tell you a story that’s hidden amid the latest news feeds....

Place in Literature

Doesn’t that photo of an old Tennessee schoolhouse tickle your imagination? What was life there like in the 19th century? What did it feel like to walk in thirty-degree weather with a lighter jacket than today, or shoes with the soles barely intact? Or how stifling...

Words, Words, and More Words

My husband once said if I wrote a murder mystery it would be: They discovered the body in the library. The butler did it. The end. Well, I’m not that bad, but I learned the value of succinct writing when I wrote articles with a 750-to-1000-word count for The Good News...

Concocting My Novel

A while ago, I wrote about creating characters people can relate to. Good guys aren’t all good, and bad guys aren’t all bad. I don’t know about other writers, but those who know me well will recognize that my protagonist, Lou Skalney, loves coffee as much as I do....

A Writer’s Nightmare!

I If the blank page had teeth, it would bite me. Fortunately, I met a terrific group of writers here in Tennessee, and one gentleman captured writers’ block so well in his poem, A Writer’s Nightmare!, I asked if I could share his opus with you. R.L. McCullough...

On the Clock

I’m a member of an online Christian writers community called “Faith Writers.” https://www.faithwriters.com/ and I wrote this for one of its weekly writing challenges a while ago. I just discovered it again dozing in my document file and decided to share it with you....