Author Archives: Catherine McLean

Last week, while hunting through my thesaurus to find a more exact word for a verb, I realized my hard-bound, Roget’s International Thesaurus was a 1977 edition. Oddly enough, the book doesn’t physically look its age, but language is ever-changing, … Continue reading →

Like most writers, I have a fascination with words. All kinds of words. However, the ones that attract my attention the most are ones that resonate for their sound or their unique look. I recently ran across archigrapher. Archigrapher is … Continue reading →

Several of the blog interview questions I’ve gotten include this or a similar question: Are any of my characters similar to people I know? Good heavens, NO! When I get a story dump, the characters are who they are supposed … Continue reading →

When my daughter was little, I began to sew her Christmas Stockings so she would have something to open on Christmas morning. Those mornings were hectic because we had a barn full of Morgan horses to feed and, afterwards, grab … Continue reading →

I am fascinated, if not downright addicted to factoids.  What’s a factoid? My dictionary says its: 1) Something resembling a fact; unverified (often invented) information that is given credibility because it appeared in print 2) A brief (usually one sentence … Continue reading →

Catherine’s Cup of Tea What’s a hand-operated character printer for printing written messages one character at a time?  Well, that’s the definition I found for “typewriter.”  Sadly, technology advances and the typewriter has been replaced by the computer. Except I … Continue reading →

Saying Hello for the first time: I’m pleased to be among fellow writers and authors.  Which isn’t anything new for me since I’ve been published in short stories since 1993 (as C. E. McLean) and involved with Pennwriters, my statewide-and-beyond … Continue reading →