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I haven't written a blog post for at least a couple of weeks—in fact I haven't written anything at all. I have been gardening. ...

I have been writing a short story for a couple of months now, off and on (more off than on, to be perfectly honest). I know how it will end—...

I'd never thought much about coverlets until I happened upon the National Museum of the American Coverlet in Bedford, Penn., last week...

I began my obsession with word counts a couple of weeks ago, at the beginning of writing a short story. I was 3,000 words into the first sec...

My last post offered a list of suggested word counts for particular genres. But what if you'd like to know the exact word count of a pu...

I couldn't find a chart anywhere in print or on the Web that showed suggested word counts for various genres, so I made one myself. (The...

1. Last night I rode the Metro to D.C. for the first time in many months. What struck me most was that every passenger was looking at and ta...

It's Day 29 of the Picture Book Marathon  (which I signed up for on Feb. 1st). The goal was to have 26 picture books finished by the en...

I am in the midst of filing this year's FAFSA for I-guy's college funding and so, today, I am going through the little pieces of pap...

I signed up for the Picture Book Marathon , pledging to write 26 picture books in February, because I thought it would be fun to delve into ...