caralongwrites

The Cookbook

I am updating a family cookbook for an upcoming family reunion. This isn’t writing, per se. More like copying old recipes my mother had written down and given to us years ago. We have added about 80 family members since then so I felt like we needed to add new family recipes to the onesContinueContinue reading “The Cookbook”

Rejections

Rejection is a funny thing. When you are a child and are trying to talk to your parents and they are distracted you feel unimportant. When you are a parent and your child gets too old for hugs and kisses when you drop them off for school you are sad and realize they are growingContinueContinue reading “Rejections”

Beginning

Becoming an author, or should I say, a published author is quite a process. I had some story ideas come to me one night and quickly got up and scribbled them out. I was positive this was it. I was going to be a success. I was going to be the author all publishers hadContinueContinue reading “Beginning”