THE CREATOR’S GUILD PODCAST Celebrating all things creative. I was privileged to be interviewed on the Creator’s Guild Poscast where they spotlight all things creative. You can watch it on YouTube or listen to it on Spotify or Apple podcasts. If you follow the link, mine is under Susan Keene Or #54 I would be [..Read more]
You Only Turn Eighty Once. I’ll be eighty years old on Saturday. The number one comment is you look good for your age. I’d love to say, compared to what? Thought I’d take this opportunity to share a few thoughts about turning eighty. First and foremost, I avoid reading the obituaries. It doesn’t take a [..Read more]
I promised to give another book away this week. This one is The Twisted Mind of Cletus Compton. It is so far out of character from the other novels I’ve written, I want to explain where it came from (since evil men with narcissistic personalities don’t usualy occupy my mind). I live about 30 miles [..Read more]
Yes, I’m a writer. But we all have to live and eat so this post is about how to pick out the best fruit (aside from cutting it in half at the grocery store) which they frown upon. Watermelon: One of my favorite fruits. I love to grow them. First of all, make sure there [..Read more]
I’m sitting in a large room with other writers on a retreat. I love these adventures with friends and no responsibility for four days other than writing. Three wholesome meals a day and beautiful acreage to walk around when you want to take a break. Sorry it is the rainy season. Today we will have [..Read more]
Ground Hog Day Today is Ground Hog Day. It is also Farrah Faucet’s birthday. When the kids were growing up, Farrah was a hot commodity. I can’t forget her birthday because the boy across the street loved her. There wasn’t a spot in his room not covered with her picture smiling down at him from [..Read more]
How is your memory? How is your memory? I write most things down. Meetings, appointments, special days and especially lists. If I deem it important it goes into my planner. When I worked for Sears, we used the Franklin method. They were so dead set on the idea Franklin worked better than any other, [..Read more]
I hope I didn’t lose all of you. I’m not going to go into detail, but I had some back problems and spent many months in bed. I hope that is a good enough explanation. You have all had problems of your own and I don’t need to bore you with it. The most important [..Read more]
I went to Alton Senior High School in Alton, Illinois. We had a class of 542. Twelve months ago, Jim Rugh and Joanne McCalfe began putting together an alumni newsletter. I am honored to be spotlighted and I thought I would share it with you. I hope it will answer some of the author questions [..Read more]
I wanted to write a series of mysteries based around the Springfield Cardinal’s Stadium. First thing I did was get a job with the team for the summer. It didn’t take me long to realize I would not learn anything about the team or see any of the stadium except the souvenir store where they [..Read more]
