Monthly Archives: May 2009

Drum roll, please . . . I won a writing contest. Denton Writes 2009 My essay, Medical No How, won the adult personal essay category. Huzzah. (curtsy here) Thank you. Thank you. I got the news from my husband via cell on the way back from somewhere with my son. When I told my son, he beamed. “But it was a local contest,” I said. “Only 250 people entered, and not all of them were in my categor-” “Stop it, Mom. You won. Enjoy it. Quit trying to minimize it.” My twelve year old. “Your right kid. I rock!” He …

I spent three days holed up in a rented beach house in South Carolina with my extended family.  With six brothers and sisters, spouses, kids, and their kids, we needed two houses.  The days slipped too quickly for all of us. Unfortunately, my world marched on without me during that time.  We took an extra day to explore Charleston, plus travel, and packing, so I had five days of wasn’t-home time to reclaim.   Well worth it, all the same. Fast forward, I have an upcoming writers conference that I’m preparing to attend.  My homework is simple:  research the agents attending …