Three weeks ago my baby boy had a minor, outpatient surgery to fix a hernia in his groin and allow his left testicle to drop into place. It went very well, despite my fears about the general anesthesia. The incision was just above his left hip, and … [Continue reading] about Dissolving Stitches
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10 Years or 10,000 Hours
My father-in-law was telling me recently about an article he read that discussed something called the theory of mastery, or something close to that. The basic idea is that to truly mater a craft or skill (be it writing or basketball), you have to … [Continue reading] about 10 Years or 10,000 Hours
And the Winner Is…
PT McNiff! Congrats. I'll email you about how to get that sweet $20 Amazon gift card headed your way. Thanks to everyone who played. So now it's November. I'm actually really swamped with work right now. I'm wrapping up this feature article - the … [Continue reading] about And the Winner Is…
100 Days of Writing – Day 31
Well I'm officially a month into the 100 Days Of Writing Challenge. I've missed four days, for a grand total of 27 successful days. My goal was to write one page a day on the Northern California book I'm working on for Eye Muse Books. The book is set … [Continue reading] about 100 Days of Writing – Day 31
New Headshot
I am super excited for tomorrow morning. My friend, and amazing photographer, Paul Giunta is coming over early to take some family photos for us. As of right now - this is the best family photo we have. I think we can do better. While he's here, … [Continue reading] about New Headshot
Ta-Dah!
Welcome to the new and improved Unfolding Tale. I spent the last few days transferring my blog posts from the old site (good ol Weebly didn't have a way to do that automatically, booooo!), which was a fun, if tedious, stroll down memory … [Continue reading] about Ta-Dah!
A Blind Woman Reading A Map In The Dark
In November my novel was 247 pages long. I still refer to that stack of paper as my first draft, but by January 11th I was back down to 35 pages. The story changed so much as I wrote it that by the time I reached the end, the beginning I had written … [Continue reading] about A Blind Woman Reading A Map In The Dark