What I could use right now is a good old fashioned baseball game. But the season will not start for another month and all I’m left with are memories of games. And I’m left with pictures of a time that…
JAPANESE BASEBALL STADIUM, THE EGG
Author: Pushing Time
I'm an award-winning author who lives and writes in New York City. I'm also an avid photographer that drags not only my laptop, but also my Nikon where ever I go. I have an MFA in Writing from Sarah Lawrence College. Most of my work life has been in the mental health field, though for the last 10 years devoteI have devoted myself to writing fulltime and taking photographs.
A Brief Moment in Vietnam
This is a scene in either Hue or Hoi An in Vietnam. It’s a shame that my memory of those two cities in the middle of the country run together. But, these two men sitting, chatting, smoking and staying out…
My Writer’s Retreat
A friend had to go away unexpectedly and she asked if I’d like to use her old farmhouse as a writer’s retreat for several days in her absence. Hey, sounded good to me. I only had to feed her two…
Isn’t Life Great!!!
A Guinea Pig Story
This is a bit of a gruesome story about my daughter when she was a little girl and one of her pet guinea pigs. She’d had several at this point, but this one turned out to be really quite feisty…
SEEKING SOLUTIONS
It’s been a while since my last posting. I guess I should level with you, I’m writing a novel and the blog though I thought would help me get to a deeper aspect of my writing and give me something…
Poe’s Deadly Daughters’ Blog
Sandy Parshall, Lonnie Cruse, Sharon Wildwind, Julia Buckley and Elizabeth Zelvin are blogging for mystery lovers as Poe’s Deadly Daughters at www.poesdeadlydaughters.blogspot.com. They’d love visitors to comment and will be looking for guest bloggers, so they have invited interested parties…
Attention Novella Authors
The folks who give out the Nero awards have announced the new Black Orchid Novella Award which is to be given annually in partnership with Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine (AHMM). The prize is $1,000 and publication in AHMM — and…
A Sunset in Alaska Two Weeks Before Christmas
Today I wasn’t sure what to write in the blog. I’m still in the throws of clearing clutter and yesterday I picked up a couple boxes from the post office that my sister had sent. They contained a few cookbooks…
CLEARING CLUTTER
Today I am in the process of clearing my clutter. I know this morning I had the best of intentions about getting down to my writing, but then, well, what can I say, the spirit had left me by the…