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More Than a Mother-in-Law

March 7, 2018 by user 4 Comments

My mother-in-law, Juanita Stephans, died on February 24, after 86 memorable years. It was my honor and privilege to write and deliver a eulogy at her funeral on March 2, and I am including the text below. If you weren’t lucky enough to know Juanita, I hope this brief remembrance will provide a glimpse into … [Read more…]

Posted in: Blog Posts Tagged: daughter-in-law, eulogy, family, funeral, Greek, heaven, legacy, mother, mother-in-law, Red Hat Society, remembrance, reunited, tribute, We B Late, We B Late blog, White Castle

Revenge is a Dish Best Served Cold

October 26, 2014 by user 2 Comments

In 2013 I participated in the NYCMidnight Short Screenplay competition. In this challenge, writers were grouped into heats and wrote in two rounds before advancing (or not).  Maximum length for each screenplay was five pages, and my prompts in this round were Ghost Story / A Convention / A Gallon of Ice Cream.  Here’s my … [Read more…]

Posted in: Scripts Tagged: creative writing, ghost story, screenplay, surprise ending, We B Late, writing contest

Who? What? When? Where? Why? & How?

October 26, 2014 by user Leave a Comment

If you’ve ever taken a journalism class, you know what that headline means. Those are the six questions that every story should answer. Since I promised to tell you in this post what I’d write about, and how often, this seemed like a good way to start. Who? Well, the obvious answer is me, but … [Read more…]

Posted in: Blog Posts Tagged: commitment, journalism, new blog, We B Late, writing challenge

We B Late (But Right on Schedule)

October 21, 2014 by user 23 Comments

We B Late? Huh? I struggled for a long time trying to come up with a name for my blog. Coming rather late to the party as I am (more about that later), it seemed all the clever play-on-words names were long since taken. One great suggestion came from my daughter Sammi’s beloved, Sean. He … [Read more…]

Posted in: Blog Posts Tagged: first post, Mom, new blog, We B Late, writers

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