At dinner before Kathy and Sue's wedding, July 2022 Hello! Hi. My name is Kim and I am the publisher of this blog. You might be wondering what happened to me and my family. More likely, though, probably not, because the only people who ever read this thing anymore are the people … [Read more...]
Slowly but Surely
It's October, 2020. I am still working on my first novel. How is it going, you ask? It's coming along slowly but surely, the same answer I have given for years. The different thing, which is a longer answer, and only interesting to writers maybe, is that I can see the slow but … [Read more...]
Bloom
In reviewing my first draft of my (first?) novel, I have found the word "bloom" used as a verb several times. You might wonder why I don't remember writing it so often, but other writers might tell you that they, too, review their words as if reading a work penned by someone … [Read more...]
Just Right
Her greatest wish was to have a best friend. Someone she liked, who made her laugh, who brought her joy. To be included. To have someone to save a cookie for. A buddy for the bus ride to the field trip. Her best friend would hand deliver a birthday party invitation instead of … [Read more...]
A New York Number
This is fiction. As I was saying, the party wasn't for her birthday at all. I had gotten the details of the invitation mixed up with the ones for a different party. Who can ever tell, now that my calendar is kept on my phone, and when I enter an event into it and someone talks … [Read more...]
