I just went to the Redwood Writers Conference this weekend and it was so inspiring.  Talking with other writers, going to workshops, and enjoying camaraderie was uplifting and my mission statement for my writing is helping readers enjoy sleuthing and solving puzzles;...

Can't believe how Life can get in the way of your blogging!  It's been almost a month since I've posted.  I've been fishing, sick, to a 40th class reunion, and sick.  Can't seem to shake the cold I caught! Well enough about me- let's get to those long overdue cliches:...

Hello, First, last weeks' cliches': Stay the Course -  Hold out or last to the end.  Alludes to a horse that runs the entire race course.  Dates from mid-1800s and soon went to other venues.  London Times used it during WWI "If we are to stay the course....(5/18/1916)...

Well, I'm back.  I know, I've said that before.  But hopefully, I'll get back on track and once a week faithfully stay the course. Last Clichés: Easy as Pie – Not difficult; requiring little or no effort of expertise. Analogy = to eating pie rather than making it,...

Hello Everyone! Well, I have a new computer with Windows 7 and Word 2007!  Not sure it's a good thing or bad thing.  More about that later, but first.. Last Cliches: First Things First - Most important task should have priority.  Dates from 19th Cent.  Means may well...

Hello Everyone!  I'm back from my hiatus.  Let's hope anyway.  Think I'm finally caught up on my writing group membership work. Now I can get back to Writing! I Hope!!!! First things first, let's look at the last cliches: Go Like the Wind-- or run like the wind = Very...

Hope everyone had a great week and you are writing like the wind. Past Cliches: Stark Raving Mad - Insane; "completely, wildly crazy" -graphic description of manic behavior.  Versions appeared since 16th Cent. Jonathan Swift's Polite Conversation, (1738).  More...

Hello Everyone! I know I've used the cliche time flies...but it does!  I've been so busy with Redwood Writers Membership, that it's already time to write on my blog and I haven't even written on my own stories this week!  Still have been thinking about them, though....

Hello Everyone!  Missed Friday again, but I was away. Cliches from June 7th: Clean As A Whistle - Thoroughly or neatly done, pure, unsoiled.  William Carr wrote in The Dialect of Craven (1828) this phrase meaning "wholly" or "entirely".  Also, W.S. Mayo in Kaloolah,...