Have you ever thought your book, essay or short story was complete, just the way it should be? I have. Until an expert laid her eyes on it. My current …
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A New Journey Begins
A mixture of relief, anxiety and sadness flooded me as I sat in my superintendence’s office last week. With tears running down my cheeks, I simply …
Finding My Artist
From the onset of my work-in-progress, I have wanted to find a teen artist to portray my protagonist's art project in the book I'm currently …
Weaving American Indian Life into Fiction
Saturday, March 12, from 11:00 to 1:00 Paty Jager and I will be at ...And Books, Too! and present how we have incorporated American Indian life into …
Character Boards
A Writer’s Inspiration. Character’s come alive to writers in their imaginations, as do plot and theme. But at times, it can be a big challenge …
Name Digging
What's so important about a name? How do we find names for our characters? How does Cash turn into Kash? Recently, a friend and fellow author borrowed …
Women Writing the West 2015 Conference
Have you ever wanted to write? Fiction? Non-fiction? Short Stories? Memoir? About women and girls in the west…west of the Mississippi? I recently came …
Research: Fact for Fiction
Research fascinates me. I love it because most of my research is face to face or over the phone interviews with Colville Tribal Members. In the past, …
Growth Through Stretching
For the past two years, I've been the secretary for Women Writing the West (WWW). This was no stretch after years of various PTO (Parent Teacher and …
Mentoring a Realm Beyond My Own
Part Four: Editing––Demon Hunter Writing is the easy part. Our minds are in the creative mode. Our fingers peck at the keyboard with unfailing speed. …
