Fake spooky
Last Halloween I wanted to go all out on decorations for my new house so I hired a crew of spiders and ghosts to make it as spooky as possible…. Read more »
Author Archives: Veronica
A foot in two worlds
I finished a huge rewrite of my newest book yesterday. It was tougher than usual, and at times I truly felt I’d never get it done. But I did. And… Read more »
52 Films Directed by Women
Here are the #52FilmsByWomen I watched. 52. Big (1988) directed by Penny Marshall 51. Suffragette (2015) directed by Sarah Gavron 50. Shrek (2001) directed by Vicky Jenson 49. The Intern (2015) directed by Nancy Meyers… Read more »
Twenty-five pages
Twenty-five pages. That’s it. Only twenty-five pages stands between me and the birth of my next novel. It’s been an excruciatingly painful process. I often felt I’d never get to the… Read more »
Routine and the painful process
Something came up today so I won’t be able to write. While not being able to write for one day isn’t the end of the world, it does frustrate me… Read more »
Titles
Titles are some of the most irritating things ever invented. By that I don’t mean the titles themselves – a clever title can attract the right kind of attention – I… Read more »
Rain
It’s raining. I want the rain to stop. It fogs my brain. Makes me want to curl up in a ball and sleep. It blurs my thoughts. But not just… Read more »
Soup dream
Ever had a dream you dismiss a nonsense dream, until you really think about it? I just had a very weird one. In the dream a large group of people… Read more »
Hotel Monte Vista
We spent two nights in a haunted hotel, and saw…well…nothing. I guess the ghosts weren’t in the mood for a chat, or a thump, or whatever those ghosts are known… Read more »
Mundane or hero
Okay, I’m just going to say it. They’ve got it all wrong. And by they I mean the writers of all those books, tv shows, and movies that spout the… Read more »