Category Archives: Moonrise Kingdom

Spring Break

My beloved sister (or one of them, at any rate) came for a visit this weekend from Southern California. Fortunately, the weather was ‘Portland Perfect’ and we had a terrific time prowling the streets downtown, groovin’ on Mimosas, great coffee, … Continue reading

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Happy 4th! A Sparkler Can Be Anything

I’m back at work on GLAMOUR again, working on my fourthdraft.  I’m calling this my sparkle draft.  The first two drafts got the story structure in place.  Draft three was a rewrite; where I fixed the plot holes, rewrote the … Continue reading

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