The first time I met Meredith Gould, she was rearranging the table and chairs for an editing panel in which she and I and another person were participating. You see, the table and chairs weren’t exactly aligned. I had to laugh; if she hadn’t done it, I would have. In the next hour, I learned… Continue reading The Supreme Word Goddess of the Universe
Category: Friendship
Betsy-Tacy: Where Nothing Really Bad Can Happen
I knew I liked Lani Jordan the first time I met her, at the Pioneer Inn in Oshkosh, b’Gosh. But the friendship was cemented for keeps when I visited her house in Green Bay a few months later and saw Betsy’s Wedding by Maud Hart Lovelace displayed prominently.
The Novel Buds
There we were, at Geneva College in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, near the end of the 2005 St. Davids Christian Writers’ Conference. I think it was Michele Huey who was the first to be brave enough to say, “I want to write a novel.” Then Virelle Kidder said, “Me too.” And finally, I said, “I’ve got… Continue reading The Novel Buds
P-A-L Spells Best Friend Forever
On the surface, Patricia Lorenz and I are nothing alike. She’s blonde. I’m a brunette. She’s funny. I’m not. She uses Comic Sans and a zillion other fonts in e-mail, usually in pink but sometimes in royal blue and lime green, her favorite colors. I’m very much a Times New Roman gal, and the only… Continue reading P-A-L Spells Best Friend Forever