Kill Your Darlings

Kill Your Darlings

Almost two years ago, CBS Sunday Morning correspondent David Pogue paid tribute to his mentor Stephen Sondheim after his death. The subject of editing came up. I’d just talked to my daughter on…
O-M-G, Chat GPT, Generative Pre-trained Transformer

O-M-G, Chat GPT, Generative Pre-trained Transformer

Just when I wondered, what will I blog about next, I learned about Chat GPT (Generative Pretrained Transformer), a state-of-the-art language processing AI model developed by OpenAI, an American artificial intelligence research laboratory founded in…
Toro, Toro, Toro

Toro, Toro, Toro

Guillermo del Toro’s animated Pinocchio is set for release today, Friday, December 9, on Netflix. Unlike most versions, which take place in an unspecified time in the 1800s, del Toro confirmed that…
Final-ly!

Final-ly!

I read my manuscript this week in a hard copy, my final draft before returning it to my developmental editor. Yikes! I would like to re-introduce you to my vision…
The Flood: A True Story

The Flood: A True Story

Our car pulled up the driveway. Summer was officially over. Six weary travelers trudged to the back door. My mother was carrying 6-year old Casey, who was sound asleep.             Father…
Return to Tintern Abbey

Return to Tintern Abbey

Let the misty mountain-winds be freeTo blow against thee . . . After my last day of classes at Oxford, I rented a car and headed for Tintern Abbey, just…