Marilyn's Musings

Thank you for the opportunity to talk about my writing.   I’m glad to be your guest! I’ve been a published author for about seven years now, with five books in print and more on the way.  I got there the hard way, like all of us who labor at our craft, but I’ve had fun, too.  I have more works in progress that keep me busy and happy.  I have lived alone for about 20 years after a divorce, but recently my son came home from Oregon to live with me, and that’s quite an adjustment.  Besides my son, I have a daughter in CA and another daughter in Fort Worth, where I live, and five grandchildren. I began writing as a child.  In kindergarten, I lusted after the chalkboard where teacher made letters and letters made words, and words made sentences, and sentences made stories!  I remember listening on the radio to Let’s Pretend, and afterward I would re-write the story they produced. Later in my childhood, I drew on my experiences as an army b...