
My Favorite City
My favorite city is on the planet Chiron in the Alpha-Centauri system. Before you think me mad - read about "Voyage From Yesteryear"...
Welcome to Gotham City: Where Anything Can...
There is no city like Gotham City. Okay, yes, that's a bit on the nose, with Gotham being fictional and all. And it's...
On the Way to Cape May (Mom,...
In the year of 1990, my husband and I had the good fortune of buying a small summer home in the City of...

good bye, Betty
Betty is gone. My neighbor for 24 years, I will miss her. My family knows that if I disappeared, I could usually be...
Too much questing, too little time=too much...
Chapter Two has arrived! I think I'm going to need to add more dialogue to this chapter on a future re-write. I'm struggling...
NaNoWriMo 2008
I came into NaNoWriMo on November 3rd, already 3332 words behind. Undaunted, I happily set off to write a non-fiction novel, with no...

An Early Audience With the Wicked Witch...
I’ve no doubt many events played into my lifelong love for The Wizard of Oz. My mother would read the Oz books to me...
La Llorona y Los Algodones
When I was growing up in rural New Mexico, the carnival at my school, East Grand Plains Elementary, was a huge community event....

Becoming the Monster
You can tell kids there are no such things as monsters. But you'd be lying. Let's be honest for a change, for the...
Overheard In the Red Room
"Nowadays are just the 'good old days' of future generations..."
-- Gina Collia-Suzuki

- [Dera Williams 11/06/2009 - 11:50pm]
Hi Arabella. Loved this. Our book signing at Rebecca's will forever be ingrained in my...Read More »
- [Dera Williams 11/06/2009 - 11:26pm]
Hi Opal. Great minds think alike. I also blogged about Marcus Books. It's amazing how...Read More »
- [Dera Williams 11/06/2009 - 11:18pm]
Love this piece. I have been a fan of yours since I visited Savannah in...Read More »
- [Dera Williams 11/06/2009 - 11:10pm]
I suppose I could say that my favorite will be the one I hope to...Read More »
- [Dera Williams 11/06/2009 - 10:26pm]
What an inspiring, wonderful blog about bookstores and the love of writing. I can envision...Read More »


















