This is an excerpt from my final chapter from I Run: Running from Hell with El Many people have asked me, often with great exasperation, what I was running away from.  For years, friends told me to stop.  Over and …

I Hear Him and I Surrender Read more »

I learned a little about the way I write this last week.  I like juggling several projects at once right up until the irreversible moment when I hit terminal mental velocity.  Then I drop all the balls and hide under …

A Laundry Mountain, Falling Leaves and the Synopsis Read more »

When I started this blog, I promised to be honest.  Of course, being honest doesn’t mean saying whatever the hell is on my mind, either.  If I’m not getting along with someone I love, I’m not going to go public …

Is There One Way to Write? Read more »

Hello my friends!  I apologize I have been so quiet, but I have been on a furious editing pace, trying to get Draft 2 of Ripple done by the end of June.  Ripple is more than 450 pages long, or …

Dream Big: Ripple, Marathons and Swimming the English Channel Read more »

Friendship, Racing and the Missing Marathon Mile             I jogged up the hill and spotted Sam R. about 10 yards in front of the finish line and we grinned and exchanged high-fives.  Sam’s Rapunzel-like, silver-blond, braided hair glinted in the …

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