Counting Birds
Jill Zeller
January 8, 2023
Originally published Winter, 2018 and revived because I missed the Christmas Bird Count again. . . .drat. For the past 3 years, I have spent
Author : Jill Zeller
Author of numerous novels and short stories, Jill Zeller is a Left Coast writer, 2nd generation Californian, retired registered nurse, and obsessed gardener. She lives in Oregon with her patient husband, 2 silly English mastiffs and 2 rescue cats—the silliest of all.
Did You Really See Monroe in Palm Springs?
Jill Zeller
January 1, 2023
Yes I did. Early December of last year. (Happy New Year!). Weather, 60’s—felt warmer in the sun who slid away from us early in
Plot Options
Jill Zeller
November 6, 2022
Originally published April, 2017 My husband and I, with the assistance of an Australian red blend, discussed a story idea. He writes, too, and in
Halloween Post Stolen!
Jill Zeller
October 31, 2022
I don’t know how it happened. One never does, in the world beyond the veil. Perhaps underworld dwellers are angry, or bored. They must be
A Look at Inventors
Jill Zeller
October 26, 2022
Originally published 2018 First, a word about semantics. And modifiers. My initial title for this blog modified ‘Inventors’ with ‘Female’. Then as I thought more
Halloween Costumes
Jill Zeller
October 23, 2022
Originally published November 2011by Phyllis Irene Radford In earlier decades “dress up” and “let’s pretend” were favorite games of mine. My girlfriends and I could
The Reluctant Traveler: Den Haag
Jill Zeller
October 16, 2022
Originally Published October 2017 by Jill Zeller, after viewing a Maurits Cornelis Escher collection. Leaving Escher in Het Paleis, Hannah and I asked for directions
A Bit about Research. A Very Small One.
Jill Zeller
October 10, 2022
Originally Published April, 2018 by Jill Zeller I’ve set myself a goal—get out another historical by the end of summer. It’s going well, so far.
Cats. Again
Jill Zeller
September 28, 2022
Originally published in 2017 About cats And writers. We have cats. I think most of us do, anyway. Every writer I know personally has one
This Was the Week That Was
Jill Zeller
September 14, 2022
Originally published January, 2021 I’ve nabbed the title for today’s blog from an very old satirical TV show that only members of a certain generation
Chocolate as a Weapon
Jill Zeller
September 4, 2022
Originally published April, 2021 by Jill Zeller I wanted to find out if chocolate had ever been used to kill someone, outside of adding poison
Exploring Plot Options
Jill Zeller
August 28, 2022
Originally published November, 2017 by Jill Zeller My husband and I, with the assistance of an Australian red blend, discussed a story idea. He writes,
It’s All in the Cards
Jill Zeller
August 21, 2022
Originally published September, 2017 by Jill Zeller Do you have a tarot deck? I have three, but this in no way compares to friends of
