Live Free or Die Is Off! What next?

Nov 4, 2014 | Works in Progress

This morning, I sent the manuscript of Live Free or Die to the publisher. Now the fun begins. It is still in the “Work in Progress” category because it has not yet gone through editing/copyediting (officially but it surely has been gone over carefully here...

Sorry Is Not Enough

Oct 31, 2014 | Uncategorized

When is sorry enough? It is when an tragic event happens and that event was beyond human control. There are untold examples of this. One can’t control the forces of nature. A person struck by lightning, a family killed in a devastating tornado, a sudden storm on...

Are “sorrys” enough?

Oct 28, 2014 | Murder In a Small Town

It is truly wonderful to see the remembrances on the Stacey Burns memorial website! In my book about our son’s death at age 29, there are sections about “sorrys” and how reassuring and uplifting they are to those who are devastated by the event. Here...

Live Free or Die

Oct 26, 2014 | The Writing Process|Works in Progress

At  12:15 today, I wrote the final word of Live Free or Die (A New Parker Havenot Novel). It now enters the next stages but I am surely excited to have it reach this stage! Duke

Integrity-We’re Waiting!

Oct 21, 2014 | Murder In a Small Town

Being of sound moral principle; uprightness, honesty, and sincerity- thus goes one definition of integrity in the Webster’s New World Dictionary. My last post mentioned the importance of this quality in the case of the murder of Stacey Burns but that was in...