Yearly Archives: 2010

A Writer’s Space

What is your writing space like? This is a picture of mine. Sometimes I imagine it a hundred years from now, in the Jan Morrill Museum with a sign that reads: This is where Jan Morrill wrote her seventeen bestselling … Continue reading

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Serendipity Strikes Again

I love when serendipity strikes: like last weekend, when I drove to Dallas with my daughter, Andrea, to celebrate Christmas with my son, Adam, and his wife, Emily. As many of my regular blog followers know, I am a fan of Fox … Continue reading

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Serendipity Strikes Again

I love when serendipity strikes: like last weekend, when I drove to Dallas with my daughter, Andrea, to celebrate Christmas with my son, Adam, and his wife, Emily. As many of my regular blog followers know, I am a fan of Fox … Continue reading

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Happy Tears

http://www.youtube.com/get_player Last night I laughed so hard I cried, while watching my grown son and daughter “hula-hoop” with the Wii my son received for Christmas. Later, as I lay in bed thinking of the day’s events, I thought about other … Continue reading

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Happy Tears

http://www.youtube.com/get_player Last night I laughed so hard I cried, while watching my grown son and daughter “hula-hoop” with the Wii my son received for Christmas. Later, as I lay in bed thinking of the day’s events, I thought about other … Continue reading

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Waiting for The Wish Book

Today I was Christmas shopping on the internet – so easy, so convenient, so fast. Yet, wonderful and efficient as this new technology makes gift-giving and wish list-making, I decided it lacks something. I can’t pinpoint what that something is, but today, … Continue reading

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Waiting for The Wish Book

Today I was Christmas shopping on the internet – so easy, so convenient, so fast. Yet, wonderful and efficient as this new technology makes gift-giving and wish list-making, I decided it lacks something. I can’t pinpoint what that something is, but today, … Continue reading

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A Day of Infamy

In memory of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, here is an excerpt from my manuscript, Broken Dolls. In this scene, it is December 8, 1941, the day after the bombing. Nobu, my 17-year old Japanese American protagonist, is in school, … Continue reading

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Five Questions for Dusty Richards, Western Novelist

********** NEWSFLASH! ************** Just received the news that Dusty was voted “Readers Choice Best Living Fiction Writer” by True West Magazine! Kudos, Dusty! ***************************************** Prolific. Award-winning. Storyteller. Writing Coach. These are all words that describe Dusty Richards. A winner of two Spur … Continue reading

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Five Questions for Dusty Richards, Western Novelist

********** NEWSFLASH! ************** Just received the news that Dusty was voted “Readers Choice Best Living Fiction Writer” by True West Magazine! Kudos, Dusty! ***************************************** Prolific. Award-winning. Storyteller. Writing Coach. These are all words that describe Dusty Richards. A winner of two Spur … Continue reading

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