Brummet's Conscious Blog

-- Quote of the Day --  "Words are sacred. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones, in the right order, you can nudge the world a little."  ~ Tom Stoppard  -- World of Writing -- It is time for another World of Writing interview!  Mary Hitchcock Cone is a fiction writer specializing in short stories and mystery novels. She began writing in mid-life while on staff with the Trust for Public Land and Nature Conservancy . In 1997 Mary joined a Marin County–based writing group inspired by author Anne Lamott, whose members met weekly to share and critique their original fiction works. Mary was married for fifty-three years to the late Russell Cone, a journalist for the San Francisco Examiner , and raised two daughters. She instilled in her children the idea that living a life of meaning is an art. Mary currently resides in Sacramento, California. Moose Mash and Other Stories is publishe...