The Procrastinating Author

Perhaps you have a problem similar to one I have. I have so much on my plate that I can actually forget within a few days some sincere commitment I have made. I should have the fourth book in my Millerville Mystery series done by now. But it isn’t. I did read through the first […]

Great Book Idea? Act Now!

When I was in junior high school, I liked to draw my own cars. I remember well when the latest model Plymouth came out and it resembled one of mine. I didn’t grasp what that meant until years later. Then I developed an interest in writing my own melodies. I hadn’t thought about one melody in […]

Books, Music, & Art

Three weeks ago I posted a blog dealing with the “tug of war” I experience every day between writing books and playing piano. By now I would have thought it would settle into a balanced routine. But it hasn’t. It’s still a tug of war. It’s strange to know what I really want to do […]

My Younger Sister, Connie: the Writer

When I first decided to spotlight my older sister, June, I intended later on to spotlight my younger sister, Connie. But as I sat down to write this blog, I realized that you can get to know Connie and her accomplishments easiest by simply clicking on http://connieawalker.com and the click on ABOUT. I hope you take the […]

There’s More to Writing than Fiction

My first training as a writer came by means of a correspondence course. I remember back then, almost thirty years ago, that I also read dozens of books covering a myriad of writing topics. Of the many concepts presented in these books was this: choose a genre and stick with it. And there were many good […]

How Quickly Things Change

Just a little over two weeks ago, I made a firm commitment to post a blog on this website each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. (I would then post a blog on http://pianos5th.com each Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday.) And for two weeks I did just that. But today, things changed, as seems to happen all too often in […]

An Unusual Way to Write a Book

Okay! I admit it! I was not trained to write a book any more so than I was trained to compose a piece of music. I remember once addressing a group of aspiring writers. In retrospect, I should have left explaining the process of writing a book to better trained writers, but then, I was […]