We have just arrived home after visiting our daughter, Rachael, in McKinney. Friday is her 23rd birthday, but she has to work so we celebrated this evening. Rachael and I both commemorated her birth by going to the Sprint store and getting new iPhones. I have had an android for the longest time and she…
Author: lenleatherwood
I am a native Texan who has lived for the past 30 years in Southern California. I am a published author of both short memoir and fiction, a two-time Pushcart nominee, a nationally award-winning writing coach, an editor, as well as a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Texas. In addition, I am the mother of three grown daughters of whom I am extremely proud, a grandmother of four darling children and the wife of a man I still love after 44 years.
Mea Culpa!
I recently received a letter from The Provo Canyon Review letting me know that one of my flash fiction pieces had been accepted for publication. I was delighted, of course, and very pleased they had accepted “A Brother’s Gift,” a story I am especially fond of. Today I received my notification that the online version of…
Quiet Here after a Trip to “Stinky’s”
I am sitting in our Texas home. The gas fire is bright orange in the old space heater and the outside temperature is heading down to 31 degrees tonight. The lights are low and the only sound I can hear is the traffic from the highway off in the distance. We’ve had a hectic day…
My Handout for the “Writing 20 Minutes a Day” Workshop for SCN
The following is my handout from my 1 1/2 hour workshop today at the Stories of the Heart Memoir Conference in Austin. I think it’s fairly self-explanatory. The conference was exceptional this year for me. I felt as if I took away some critical information related to writing and publishing. Hopefully, my workshop was helpful…
In Austin!
Ray and I are here in Austin, staying with my cousin, Lee, and his wife, Elaine. I am attending the “Stories of the Heart” national memoir conference where I will be presenting a workshop tomorrow morning. Ray is visiting with Lee, Elaine, their kids and our nieces and nephews who live here in Austin. (I…
Big Texas Sky
We made it to Sherman early afternoon and now are enroute to Austin. Ray has decided to join me on the Austin trip since we’ll be seeing family. We’re arriving late so this is my blog post for the night. I am going to take over driving in about 5 minutes. Happy trails, folks. Glad…
Here in Amarillo…
We have made it to Amarillo on our cross-country trip from California. We are now 5 hours from Sherman, which is our Texas home. Today, we drove all day long from early until just about 20 minutes ago, around 11 pm. We stopped in Albuquerque at the Whole Foods for lunch at the salad and…
Texas, Here We Come
It is 1:41 am and we just stopped for the night in Kingman, Arizona. We are headed to Texas to Sherman for Ray and Austin for me so I can attend and present at the Story Circle Network National Memoir Conference. I will also see some of my Austin family, which will be a treat….
Quotes from Brenda Ueland’s book, If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit
I am preparing for my 1.5 hour presentation this upcoming weekend at the Story Circle Network National Memoir Conference in Austin, Texas. My subject is: “Transforming Your Writing Life in Just 20 Minutes a Day.” I have been reading several books in preparation for my presentation. One is If You Want to Write by Brenda…
Luna’s Party Pictures – At Least a Few
I am sitting here at 9:39 on Sunday evening, sleepy and tired after a wonderful weekend of merrymaking centered on the 1st birthday of my granddaughter, Luna, and all I really want to do is go upstairs, take a bath and go to bed. Instead, I have my blog to write since I have made…
20 Minutes a Day 