Merry Christmas from Writers In The Storm! We are delighted to welcome back Louisa Bacio to talk to you about stealing time for your writing, especially during this season where it feels like everything is pulling you in a million directions. Take it away, Louisa... ********** Shhh! Come here. I want to share something with you. Are […]

by Laura Drake Some of my best ideas come to me while I’m riding my bicycle.  I had an epiphany during a gorgeous Southern California ride yesterday.  Several pieces fell in place at once; a major “Aha” moment. I love it when that happens! Piece 1: For anyone who is not familiar with Maslow, here’s […]

by Linda O. Johnston I’m delighted to be back for another guest blog on Writers in the Storm.  Once again, I’m blogging about cozy mysteries. Do you know what makes a cozy mystery "cozy?" Well, they all star amateur sleuths, for one thing.  There are a lot of Jessica Fletcher types of characters out there who just […]

As a corporate software trainer, I’ve got to be ON each day I’m in the classroom. It doesn’t matter whether I was up all night with a teething baby or if my best friend and I had a fight. Nobody cares about those things when they come in for a day of Word or Excel […]

I suppose everyone has a favorite Christmas. The year they got the bike they had so wanted. Or maybe a Chatty Cathy doll when those were popular. My favorite Christmas was the year my daughter Carolyn was born. My husband and I moved to Anchorage, Alaska when we were first married. He was a civilian […]