Ode to Libraries
It’s National Library Week. My first recollections of a library were of that glorious smell of old books from the branch at the school in my hometown. I long for that aroma of vanilla and mustiness all rolled into one. I remember curling up on a metal staircase in the library, finding a perch by […]
Fifty words before breakfast
I found a writing challenge while scrolling through Facebook as I enjoyed my coffee this morning. “50 Precious Words” is the theme. The contest is inspired by Dr. Seuss’s Green Eggs and Ham, which has over 700 words, but only 50 unique words. So, children’s book author Vivian Kirkfield is encouraging us to put our […]
On Air
I had so much fun today talking about all things Millie on Iowa Public Radio. Check it out! http://iowapublicradio.org/post/missing-millie-benson-secret-case-ghostwriter-and-journalist#stream/0
Holding Point
Don’t you love reading a book that leaves you hanging at the end of a chapter? You can’t help but read on to the next chapter, and before you know it, you’ve read the entire book. Mystery writers are famous for finishing with cliffhangers. While writing my biography of Millie Benson, I learned that another […]
Lessons learned
http://www.13abc.com/home/headlines/2016-YWCA-Milestones-Honorees–365059741.html?device=phone&c=y “At my very core I’m just a Mom who wanted to lead by example and show my two children what it means to live, to truly live…” What you didn’t see of this interview on WTVG for the incredible and humbling honor of receiving a YWCA Milestones award was what I said prior. When […]
