Wonder/Wander Wonder - a feeling of surprise mingled with admiration, caused by something beautiful, unexpected, unfamiliar, or inexplicable. I wonder what we'll have for dinner.  Wander - walk or move in a leisurely, casual, or aimless way. I wandered into the kitchen to find something for dinner.

You need a foundation on which everything else is built. You need a solid, strong, lasting foundation. In a house, it's that gray stone stuff. I think it's concrete. I don't know. I'm not in the construction business. In writing, your foundation is grammar. How English works. How punctuation works. How words do things. How … Continue reading Writing is like a House

I have a new job. Rather than the part-time job at the library I had before, which gave me plenty of time to browse new books and contemplate story ides, I now work full-time. I no longer have the same amount of free time as I once did. While I regret not being able to … Continue reading Life Update