Grief has struck again. I just lost my closest friend in Iowa, Patti Durflinger, to cancer. I was by no means Patti’s only close friend, she was a good and true friend to countless others. She was also a wife, a mother, a grandmother, a sister, and a daughter. She was a lighthouse, living her […]| The World Needs More Pie
Yesterday I watched a video interview with Kristen Kish, whom I discovered via Iron Chef. Apparently her mentor put her up to compete in Top Chef – she was reluctant to, but her mentor said that there needs to be representation of women chefs on tv. I found myself nodding vehemently along with that remark,...| Winnie Lim
Photo by Markus Winkler on Unsplash If you’re looking for advice on writing a book, this piece will disappoint you. I don’t know how to write a book, but I do know a good book when I read one. If y…| Nerdy Book Club
When I began writing the manuscript that would become Kat’s Greek Summer, the WIP title was Greek God Summer. I saw Kat, my fourteen-year-old protagonist, going on something of an odyssey during her summer in Greece. One where she would face metaphoric god-like characters—both good and bad—as well as endure god-like trials—again, both good and […]| Nerdy Book Club
As a mother, losing a child is an unimaginable pain — one that stays with you every day. My daughter, Miriam, tragically passed away in a car accident on her way to work a couple| Super Mom - No Cape!