This Saturday, I attended MWPA's Ask An Agent at the Glickman Library in Portland. The presenters, John Butman and Lucy Cleland, are agents at literary agency Kneerim & Williams in Boston. I learned a new phrase: your thinking journey. John, primarily a non-fiction agent, and Lucy, who delves into fiction as well, both stressed the importance of revealing our thinking journeys as they apply to our proposals and pitches. As John reminded us, it's the first question you hear as

Some time ago, I was informed that a poem I wrote was accepted for publication by Resonance, and today, the online publication was posted. This came at a time when I was really in need of some forward movement in my writing career. Follow this link to read the poem: Ode To A Grandmother I Never Knew Some perspective on how this poem came to be.....I grew up without either of my grandmothers in my life. This poem is really a compilation of stories told about both of them, the

Although I won't take the time to move all my "older" blogs to this new site (see link to Blogger below), this one is definitely worth moving. Originally published in May 2018. My novel is complete, thanks in large part to Molly McGrath, who calls herself an editor but I believe she is truly a professional cheerleader, wielding her expertise and encouragement in equal measure. So many people (family, friends, acquaintances, the guy who works at the research desk at the Auburn

Apparently, Wix has changed its settings and I can't get the link to Blogger to work anymore.... If you are interested in any of my older blog posts, follow this link: Time To Write.