St. Ignatius, Montana “Who are you writing to?” Joe Bunting, founder of The Write Practice, asks, “Have someone in mind when you’re writing your novel.  Write to that person.”  And I wondered, who should I write this to?   Rubbing my temples in contemplation, I envisioned my daughter as I typed about my sister, Nancy, and me climbing our favorite Ponderosa pine.  My fingers hovered over the keyboard as I used an image of 5-year-old Stephanie’s curls and amber eyes for motivat

As soon as I entered the marble foyer of the downtown Texarkana National Bank, I knew that I wanted to work in this historic building. Witnessing men dressed in suits and ties, and women in heels, I grinned to myself when the elevator button to the 9 th floor.  This is just like the romance books, I thought. W. Kelvin Wyrick, attorney at law, offered me a job as a legal secretary when I was 19 years old.  “I see myself in you,” he claimed, glancing over his reading glasses,