Monthly Archives: November 2014

I grew up in a vegetarian family in the 70s, with a European mother who had no connection to Thanksgiving and a father who believed it commemorated the genocide of the Native Americans. As a kid, I didn’t want the turkey, but I definitely wanted to fit in. Returning to school after the four day […]

As I was getting ready to write today’s minimum of 1,667 words for NaNoWriMo, I decided a new character board was needed, even though I am working with many of the same characters from the second manuscript. On the one hand, this was clear procrastination. On the other hand, as I handled pictures and post-it […]