Tulane University News and Press Releases

The Bay Area Lyme Foundation has announced the launch of Bay Area Lyme Ventures, a new impact fund designed to fast-track promising diagnostics and

I was searching in my old Blogger archives this morning, looking for inspiration for this month's newsletter. I actually was searching for something totally different, but happened across the issue I'm quoting below. As I looked at the date, saw the opening lines, my heart nearly stopped. The day after I wrote this ... my mother died.

Sometime in late April, just about every year, people who follow me on Facebook will be greeted by a single-word, all-caps post. HUMMINGBIRD!

Creating characters that readers can relate to is always a fun part of writing. We have so many tools at our disposal to make our heroes and heroines believable. Dialects and regional differences can be a great way to flesh out those characters, and enhance the way they interact with the people around them.