A note from Carmen...
What a fun and interesting summer, and it's just getting started! Back to writing after months on hold. Dashed off a couple of essays--on “miracles” and “Mom’s”--for anthologies, and then returned to: Texas women, their tales, and spirited lives. At the suggestion of a publisher, I pulled together a number of columns for a “collection” and sent off a proposal this week at the beginning of summer. It looks like it’ll be a writing summer, something to look forward to before returning for TCU “J” school fall classes.
Also, I took advantage of a program at my favorite writing group, Dallas Fort Worth Writers Workshop to learn about Twitter. Now that I’m signed up as “WritingTxDame” I’ll be looking forward to chatting with more of you in this really short form of communications.
SMU’s creative writing program beckoned once again and I’m teaching some private tutorials and a class or two. The men and women I’ve met in this program are diverse and creative so they keep me on my toes about this writing game.
Soon, I’ll drive up to Oklahoma City for this year’s Western Writers of America convention in Oklahoma City for the chance to see old friends, pick up an assignment or two, and some new yarns for “Texas Dames.”

