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 »
Category: Life
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 »
Road trip adventure – Bedrock (Arizona)
Next stop, Bedrock. That’s right. It’s possible to visit the land of the Flintstones, right in Arizona! We didn’t know exactly what to expect. It added 40 miles to the… Read more »