by toby | May 28, 2014 | The Writing Life
I have a simple criteria for a blog I really love: I get it in my email inbox. In fairness, some of these folks are “hybrids” with both indie and trad pub writing…but they are all worth keeping up with, for different reasons. These Top Indie Blogs to Follow are gems...
by toby | May 23, 2014 | Life
The best hike on Maui is the Pipiwai trail to Waimoku Falls in Haleakala National Park, on the coast of Hana. Maui has a lot of great hikes, but having done many of them, including hiking the Crater itself, I've decided this trail has everything, including a spot for...
by toby | May 12, 2014 | Life
Cement block. There's a lot of it decorating Hawaii. “I've never seen so much cement block in my life,” I said, looking at the barren red dirt of a former pineapple field, held in check by several tiered walls of untreated, unpainted, unpretty cinderblock,...
by toby | Apr 25, 2014 | The Writing Life
Yesterday I totally enjoyed this post on ShelfPleasure by Holly Robinson: Pity the Poor Writer's Husband. I chuckled and decided I wanted to write up my version, and knew just the “male perspective” writer to ask to guest blog about his longsuffering...
by toby | Apr 17, 2014 | Life
Following dreams and doing your purpose while living in the shadow of mortality makes life so sweet. We had a rough year in 2011. My husband’s health was in crisis, and the whole year we were in “survival mode”—me working three jobs to keep the boat afloat, Mike doing...