For months I had been telling Amber that we were probably going to have to move to Arizona to live with my sister. As the days moved forward and we discovered that Arizona schools started at the beginning of August, I told Amber that we were going to have to make a decision by July 24th.… Continue Reading
Seeking Loans, Adding Interest with My Books
Last night I set up a GoFundMe account to see if I could find people who would support me with loans* to enable me and my youngest daughter to move to a better place, knowing they would get copies of both of my work-in-progress books. I know some of you know I’m about as introverted… Continue Reading
Pacific Northwest Blog Hop & Exciting News about Upcoming Book!
I was long overdue for a blog post, so thank you, Nikki McCormack, for tagging me for the Pacific Northwest Blog Hop! I met Nikki in 2012 at the Pacific Northwest Writers Conference and she recently published an edgy YA steampunk novel, The Girl and the Clockwork Cat. You can find out more about her… Continue Reading
Experiencing Fear: Having Two Spot-On-Special Friends Appear
Fear. We’re told so many things about it. That it’s not real. That it’s a choice. That it can lead to all kinds of terrible things. Not long ago, I was a situation that most people wouldn’t think was all that scary, but, for some reason, I found myself experiencing a deep, visceral fear and… Continue Reading
Entry Submitted for Consideration in “I Am Subject” Anthology
First Edition of I Am Subject: Sharing Our Truths to Reclaim Our Selves I Am Subject: Sharing Our Truths to Reclaim Our Selves by Diane DeBella is a memoir that combines Diane’s history with the words and experiences of other writers to examine the issues that perplex contemporary women. This work conveys women’s experiences by… Continue Reading
Lone Pine: Two Feminists’ Take On Spiritual Experiences
I’ve been in a different place with my writing than every other writer/author I’ve encountered until a couple of weeks ago. Then, I made a decision. Kind of an odd decision. As I was skipping around the internet, I stumbled onto some info about a writer’s group in Seattle called Greater Seattle Women Who Write… Continue Reading
Guest Post at Exciting New Magazine: AT DAILY
I’m excited to share a link to my second guest post, Are These Earrings One of the Most Fashionable Statements a Woman Could Make? Technically. For a long time I wondered if it would be possible to shift some of our conversations by simply changing how we treat fashion. One day, my daughters showed me… Continue Reading
A Feminist’s Spiritual Journey—An Unexpected, Important Story
I’ve had a lot of anxiety about putting my story out there. But, a couple of days ago, I had an insight that helped, a little: There have been at least three men who have developed religions or spiritual perspectives based on purported experiences or suppositions since the time of Jesus. Their ideas have been… Continue Reading
Spirituality — the most difficult subject ever?*
I never dreamed I’d be someone who would want to talk about God and my spiritual path, but that’s the main reason I’m writing a memoir. I’ve been on a spiritual path that’s been unlike anything anyone ever told me it could, should or would be. As I started writing about it, I thought, “Who… Continue Reading
Star Gazing & Other Matters of Immense Gravity
I love walking at night, but one night something shifted, I looked up with a different perspective—there seemed to be nothing between me and the stars. I became acutely aware of gravity, that I have the ability to lift my feet just enough from our planet that I can go wherever I want, but I’m… Continue Reading
