Some people call me Mom, one calls me Honey, several call me Madame Arbitrator and now all of you can call me Award-Winning Writer! I am honored to announce that I’ve won the 2018 Christopher Hewitt Award for Creative Non-Fiction for my story Custody Visit (1987), excerpted from my memoir. I hope you like it!
In June, I did a lot of writing (26 blog posts, to be exact) and I cross-posted them on this blog and on my Medium blog. This month, I’ve written much less (9 blog posts, not including this one) and I’ve posted them all on Medium. I know a lot of people have tried to …
One month ago, I wrote a blog post called The Big To Do List, and I set out some resolutions for the month of June. I blasted through those goals. I wrote three decisions in two weeks, revised my mystery novel in 10 days instead of 20 days, and blogged 26 times out of a …
Last week, I posted this blog post, Overcoming Barriers to Being A Writer, and got some great responses on Facebook from people who had different barriers than I did. I want to share them, as well as advice that other readers gave. I have some ideas too. Several people noted that a barrier they had when …
Today’s announcement that Justice Kennedy is retiring overshadowed one of the Supreme Court’s final decisions of the term, Janus v. AFSCME. The Court in Janus held that requiring non-members of public sector unions to pay their “fair share” of dues to pay for collective bargaining violates the First Amendment. The decision was not a surprise; this decision was …
This is my June To Do List. Everyone is so busy these days. So busy, they can’t get anything done. People who brag about how busy they are have become some of my least favorite people (after conservative Supreme Court justices and the regime they enable, of course). Meanwhile, everyone is impressed by the fact that …
I was going to be a writer when I grew up. I remember getting praised for a story I wrote when I was six, and thought I’d want to get that kind of praise for the rest of my life. The story involved rabbits who visited Earth from outer space. I was certain of my …
How is everyone out there doing on their June memoir project? I’ve been blogging (almost) every on my Medium blog. Here is today’s post. Then I’ve been cutting and pasting it into this blog, and adding a memoir writing prompt. I’ve been doing that because, in theory, I can get paid by Medium when people …
This is a crazy week for our family. We were on vacation last week, but my kids returned to California with my husband while I traveled to a conference, where I was presenting. My older son started his first job Monday (at my husband’s office) and my younger son started a new camp. I got …
I live in the Congressional District CA-13, and my Congressional Representative is Barbara Lee. I don’t think there’s much sunlight politically between me and Ms. Lee. Barbara Lee speaks for me, as the saying goes. But what exactly does Barbara Lee say? She has a safe seat and a quiet voice, and that bothers me. …