In June, 2012 we sold our horse ranch in Sun Valley, packed
up our four cats, and moved to South Orange County. We've never looked back or
regretted our escape from LA County, not even once. (Apologies to those of you
still living there.)
My hair is gray now. Such freedom! No more pale roots and
horrible dye jobs. Moving to a new community was the time to do it too.
Since we moved, I've been to Africa (Malawi) twice with
short-term mission teams from our new church. I hope to go again this spring. I
wrote a dozen journal posts on my website about that first trip.
Unfortunately, six months later my website was hacked beyond
repair and I took it down permanently. It was a traumatic experience; a lot of
publishing history gone in a flash. I eventually
realized it was time to let it go and move on.
I'm thankful for the journalism experience I got writing for
newspapers in LA, and while I've posted a few articles on the Mission Viejo
Patch and considered a story for the OC Register, I think I've pitched my last
newspaper.
So, you ask, what are you doing in the WRITERS in Residence
blog? Because I'm still writing!
I have two other blogs. "Here's How it Happened"
is a mini-website, with a variety of articles. Check out the recipe for
homemade Snickers. Yum! "Morning
Meditations" is a more serious journal blog of my early morning quiet
times in the Bible and prayer.
I do proof-reading and copy-editing, which is SO appropriate
for a perfectionist nit-picker like me!
I've worked on a couple mystery book manuscripts, a doctorate thesis, a "how-to" craft manual, and an African children's novel translated from Dutch. And I still review books for Mystery Scene
Magazine!
Look for my future posts on WinR about "The Agonies of
Book Reviewing: A 12-step plan" "How Lillian Jackson Braun's 'Cat
Who's' Inspire Me" and "Start Writing Cereals...er...Serials!"
