The View from a Drawbridge

Tag: publishing

  • Taller Leñateros

    A fascinating little publishing collective.

  • The Nuts and Bolts of This Daily Blog

    I love the comments most of all, because it makes me feel like we have a community, here.

  • If You Could Do Anything…

    If money, time, responsibilities, age, and health were no object, what would you do right now? If there were no barriers in your way, what dreams would you pursue? What goals would you try to achieve? I think about this quite a bit. As I’ve said, I have a very long bucket list. I dream…

  • My Very First Royalty Check

    When I wrote my book and created the website for it, I had to rent a post office box. I didn’t want to put my home address out there for the whole world to see. Granted, the odds of my acquiring a stalker based on a book about gratitude are probably pretty slim. (It’s hardly…

  • A Beautiful Elephant

    -That’s what my publisher/editor/coordinator/catalyst/friend Deborah Drake called my very first book, A Bridgetender’s View: Notes on Gratitude, when she announced that it was finally available for order on Amazon.com. “Huh?” I said. What she meant was, the gestational period for an elephant is about 22 months. That’s a long, hard, heavy load for a mama…

  • “You Have a Book in You.”

    Since about the age of 8 I’ve been told I should be a writer. Indeed, I’ve had a few articles published, but nothing for pay. And of course there’s this blog, which is a creative outlet that I have found I can no longer do without. In every job I’ve had I seem to eventually…