A family member recently commented to me that she would love to write. But she said it in a way that implied that ship had long sailed. We were both in the middle of taking care of kids on opposite ends of the phone so the conversation didn't last long. But here's...

  (Post originally appeared June 2013 on author Tali Nay's blog here.) I rolled out of bed while the house was still quiet to work on this brain child that I keep obsessing over. (Why won’t characters leave you alone once you get them down on paper?) I avoided...