LUCKY WRITERS by Deborah Elliott-Upton “You are so lucky to be published writers,” a woman said to my group of author-friends sharing a book signing event. Actually, the process was more than luck and involved a lot of work by each of us, I thought, but didn’t say. I knew her word choice was not […]

THANK A SOLDIER by Deborah Elliott-Upton Today is Veterans’ Day. I can’t think of a better time to pay tribute to those who give their all to keep our country from harm’s way. While you’re reading this article, someone is dying for our freedom to write anything we want about the United States of America. […]

NANOWRIMO by Deborah Elliott-Upton National Novel Writing Month, better known as NANOWRIMO, has begun. The point of the “Writmos” who have accepted the challenge is to write a complete 50,000 word “novel” within the confines of the month of November.That averages out to 1,666.67 words a day. On Day 4, I have 2,479 words written, […]

’TIS THE SEASON by Deborah Elliott-Upton The best part of October is looking forward to the masquerade at the end of the month. For one night everyone can be who or what they wish without fear. You always thought yourself a bit of a witch or a ghoul? It’s okay. You’re leaning more to Jean […]

ANOTHER VIEW by Deborah Elliott-Upton I’m feeling a kinship with actor Jimmy Stewart’s character in Alfred Hitchcock’s “Rear Window”. Yesterday, I fell off a ladder and hurt my leg from the ankle to knee. I’m not in a wheelchair as L. B. Jeffries was, but I am sitting life out for a few days with […]

JUST LIKE CLOCKWORK by Deborah Elliott-Upton A hardbound book arrived in my mailbox a few days ago. I’m calling it a gift To me, From me, but it’s actually a gift to the world when John M. Floyd shares his stories. I knew better than to open the book when I was rushed, so I […]

SEDUCED FROM THE PATH by Deborah Elliott-Upton “Depend upon it, after all, Thomas, Literature is the most noble of professions. In fact, it is about the only one fit for a man. For my own part, there is no seducing me from the path.” —Edgar Allan Poe to Frederick W. Thomas (February 14, 1849) This […]