Last Friday, the NCAA settled with Penn State and removed the last of the sanctions it had imposed on the school in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky sexual abuse scandal. Over the last few years, there had been argument and even lawsuits as to whether the NCAA overstepped its...
If you’ve read my About page, you know that I was an editor for quite a few years. How I landed that job without any editing experience is a long story, but it turns out I had a little bit of talent for editing, fortunately. Before I retired, when someone...
“The word ‘trust’ is the heart of faith….The word ‘faith’ conveys more an act of will, while the word ‘belief’ conveys an act of the mind or intellect, but trust is the language of the heart.” ~L.B. Cowman, Streams in the Desert In whom do you trust? Merriam-Webster defines trust...
If you surveyed a group of authors ten years ago, I’d wager that most, if not all, would never have even contemplated self-publishing their works. Legitimate authors published with traditional publishing houses . . . or not at all. Self-publishing was for those whose writing couldn’t otherwise get them published....
I am a survivor of childhood sexual abuse. They’re just words. How can it be so hard to say them? Speaking the truth in those eight words is the essential, and oftentimes, first step toward healing. I’ve spent a lot of time in abuse recovery groups over the last several...
“So where’s the book?” you might ask. Seems like a logical question since I’m calling myself an author (which is a whole other subject for a blog post in the future). Little Girl Mended is, so far, six years in the making. Truth be told, though, this book was conceived nearly sixty...
