Trilby Plants

Why Didn’t I Think of This Before?

I’m working on a sequel to my contemporary fantasy/horror novel Gatekeeper, originally published in 2003 by a publisher who shall not be named. After I got the copyright back from the publisher who shall not be named I put Gatekeeper on Kindle.There it sat for a few years. Recently I was looking through myContinue reading “Why Didn’t I Think of This Before?”

Why I love Contemporary Fantasy

When I was five, my mother read Gulliver’s Travels to my brother and me. All my brother remembered was that Gulliver urinated on the Lilliputian town to save it from a fire. I remembered the fantastical element of tiny people living their lives in what amounted to another world. I also remember a book fromContinue reading “Why I love Contemporary Fantasy”

Theatre and the Flint, Michigan Water Crisis

To all of you who live in and around Flint, Michigan: My daughter is involved in an amazing new project. This is a letter she recently sent: First off: Please forgive this super long message! But seeing as we don’t know each other, I thought a real introduction was in order! I’m Jen Plants, theContinue reading “Theatre and the Flint, Michigan Water Crisis”

Learn with Meena Mouse: The Meaning of Christmas

A mouse in the house is a good thing! Merry Christmas, Meena Mouse Christmas is coming. It’s not far away. I have to wrap presents. I should start today. I made Papa a drawing of Mama and me so he won’t forget us because we’re family. Mama gets yarn to knit as she pleases. AContinue reading “Learn with Meena Mouse: The Meaning of Christmas”

I’ve been tagged by the MY WRITING PROCESS Blog Tour

I thought this would be easy. The Writing Process Blog Tour asks us to post answers to four simple questions about how we write. Simple but surprisingly complex questions. Thanks to Barbara Evers for tagging me in the Writing Process Blog Tour. Barbara is an author, public speaker, and corporate trainer. Her first interest listedContinue reading “I’ve been tagged by the MY WRITING PROCESS Blog Tour”

SCWW Writers’ Conference – Discover the Depth in your Writing

As the president of South Carolina Writers’ Workshop, I’m in the process of gearing up for a couple of big events: editing and publishing The Petigru Review and our fall conference. Besides being a great conference, it’s a wonderful excuse for writers to come to the beach. The Petigru Review is the annual anthology ofContinue reading “SCWW Writers’ Conference – Discover the Depth in your Writing”

Lost and Found

My mother told me this story about an aunt of hers. In the 1870s northern Michigan was forested wilderness. My mother’s maternal grandfather, a French Canadian, logged old growth trees, cashing in on the bountiful harvest of lumber that build the Midwest. One of Mom’s aunts, about three years old, wandered away from the camp.Continue reading “Lost and Found”