Author
Today’s prompt, from Rae, theeducatednegra, who introduced it last month on her Rae’s Reads and Reviews is Two books that remind you of someone The first two prompts, two that taught me something (week 1) and two that helped me fall in … Read More
Ian Mathie, a frequent commenter here, an infrequent Skype friend, and a constant source of encouragement and really bad email jokes, has died. We are awaiting an official statement from his family; all I know currently is that he died on Tuesday, May … Read More
#4 Sometimes, when we think we’re in it alone, it’s good to remember that others have gone before. I wondered, as I climbed these steps, who had laid them? How long had it taken? Was it a large group? Did … Read More
Ian Mathie, my Scots African memoirist buddy, tagged me for the FB challenge, “Seven Secrets about Successful Writing.” I accept your challenge, Ian. And, since I can’t seem to tag anyone on my FB Author Page, I’ll post here, … Read More
This blog had 8,700 views last year. I tell you, I was floored when I learned that. All year, as I prepared my blog posts, I focused on 1. publishing regularly, in my case every Wednesday 2. ending … Read More
My guest today is Ian Mathie. I first met Ian just a little over a year ago on Belinda Nichol’s blog, My Rite of Passage. I was struck immediately by this sentence of his: “But there are stories about people … Read More