Now and again, it’s a good thing to step away from the keyboard. Friday brought a break from the daily grind for my two favorite words: road trip. I packed up my truck and headed up I-5 into Washington. Destination? The 2008 Writers Retreat at the Dumas Bay Centre in Federal Way. Beginning Friday at […]

My writing partner and I have a running joke, based on a New Yorker cartoon. It shows two doors; one marked heaven with no waiting, and one with a long line and a sign reading books on heaven. The first time you stroll down the writing aisle at a reasonably well-stocked bookstore, you might be […]