Happy June!Oh, wait. It's been June for 18 days. You are probably used to June now. Well, I don't care. Has anyone wished you a Happy June until now? Yeah, I didn't think so. Now you have.I'm busy. It seems to be a chronic thing with me. Might as wel...

Joplin Journal Volume 12-6, Issue 1From the Editor's Desk:Oh dear. It's been almost a month since I sent one of these things out! Maybe I need to starting writing and sending them on a different day of the week since my Saturdays seem to keep filling...

How did I forget April?I was sure I had written to you last month, but apparently not. April disappeared and now it's the middle of May! Writing has been slow. In April I managed to write 4k words. This month I'm closer to 7k, and still hoping that m...

Joplin Journal Volume 12-5, Issue 1From the Editor's Desk:Good morning! And a special hello to my cousins who are almost always the first to click on this email. :D It's a beautiful morning here! A light breeze stirs the leaves of the trees, the bird...

Joplin Journal Volume 12-4, Issue 1From the Editor's Desk:Spring! The sun is shining and all is quiet this morning. We don't have the windows open yet as I think it might still be in the 50s. I am starting this before breakfast as I have plans for to...

Joplin Journal Volume 12-3, Issue 2From the Editor's Desk:Good morning! It's a cloudy morning here. I've been busy with Writing Camp, and more writing camp. And this, that, and the other. I was going to write last Saturday, but forgot Sarah and I had...

Happy March!I'm writing to you from the virtual camp grounds of KDWC where words are being turned out in steady numbers by some campers, crazily rapid numbers by others, and just slow trickling by others. All those add up to over a million words writ...

Joplin Journal Volume 12-3, Issue 1From the Editor's Desk:I need to get things done.Weather Report:Spring. Sunshine. Rain. Flowers blooming. Things turning green."Genius Burns":Yes. 16k words this week. Usual is 5k in a week. New story. Eeek!Project...

Joplin Journal Volume 12-2, Issue 2From the Editor's Desk:The sun is shining this morning and the wind is blowing though not as strong of gusts as yesterday. We're back to winter today. Such crazy weather we have here. This might be a shorter journal...

Joplin Journal Volume 12-2, Issue 1From the Editor's Desk:Welcome to February. It's windy this morning. Angela and I just got back from a one mile walk. It was spitting and sprinkling at first but now it's just blowing! The eastern sky is light, but...