Author Archives: Lynne

Why Writers Need To Exercise

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This one is easy.  Writers need to exercise because they spend way too much time sitting, usually with bad posture, usually in bad chairs.  At least this writer does. So after my little chiropractic adventure (see last post) I decided to listen to my brother-in-law, the orthopedic surgeon who seems to think that better exercise could… Continue Reading

Why Writers Need Good Chairs

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The most profound insight I’ve reached lately is that a writer needs an excellent chair.  Much better than the one I have, which I’m pretty sure is causing my back pain.  (Another possible cause is watching TV while yielding most of the couch to a self-centered Labrador retriever.  Hannah’s insistence on proximity to me for her after-dinner coma forces me to drape… Continue Reading

On Water and Words

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Sometimes we don’t know what’s on our minds until we wake from a dream in a dark room.  This is especially true for me when I’m working on a first draft, living a story in my head as I set down rows of words and take most of them back.  Last night I dreamed of watching our car fall into a… Continue Reading

Writing About The Elderly

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Hannah, my chocolate Lab, a main character in Where The Trail Grows Faint, will be thirteen next month.  Our forays into the woods have changed, although she still shows me that she wants to go by following me to the door in the late afternoon when I get up from working to head out for a walk.  She waits… Continue Reading

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