Fact and Fiction

So the novel was done. I wrote my first book long hand, then typed the manuscript. I didn’t use white out. I’d read that the…

And then came that fateful day, that fateful book. It was A-W-F-U-L!! It was cardboard. The characters were wooden. And so I spoke the infamous…

My mom told me my first word was “horse” rather than “mama.” That, I believe, was a fabrication – I don’t personally remember – but…

The year was 1973 with winter fresh upon us. Although the U.S. had pulled out of Vietnam, the war continued and P.O.W.s and M.I.A.s were…

I had what I would call a normal, happy childhood, even though my dad died when I was a baby. My brother and I were…

The designation “drama queen” wasn’t around in the ’50’s and ’60’s, but it would have been a good description of me as a kid. As…

Learning to read was the best thing that could happen to this girl’s wild imagination. Yes, I was great at making up stories on my…

My love affair with books began before I could read. I grew up in a household of readers. It seemed to me that everyone always had…