Jun 2, 2016 | Uncategorized
When I was little, I loved the Miss America pageant. I never wanted to be a pageant girl, but I liked watching all the women from different states in their evening gowns, impossibly perfect women so far from my outdoors kid world. I didn’t want to be them, but I...
May 23, 2016 | Uncategorized
When I mentioned to an author friend that I had added in a slideshow to my readings, she looked at me as if I were named Captain Obvious. “I’m doing that,” she said. “You have to do that.” What she meant was just a rotating screen of...
May 14, 2016 | Uncategorized
Most people (including me) don’t think past the I Have A Dream of getting a book published. Now that The Geography of Water has been out for six months, I am thinking back over what I have learned. In a nutshell: 1. There will always be something you should be...
May 6, 2016 | Uncategorized
Writing…is hard. These past few weeks have been a struggle. I vacillate wildly between…this is a great memoir/novel and you published one book, give up already! P.S. this is carp!* Yep, it’s a writing slump. Nothing really helps in these. You just...
Apr 22, 2016 | Uncategorized
IF you suddenly realize you don’t remember when you last washed your hair because your waking hours have been spent at the computer….YOU MIGHT BE A WRITER. IF you run to put down funny or interesting sayings your friends come out with, YOU MIGHT BE A...
Apr 16, 2016 | Uncategorized
Recently I finished another section hike of the Pacific Crest Trail. I’ve been doing this since 2012 and I now have hiked more miles on the PCT than Cheryl Strayed! (I’m at not quite half). Once again. I was suprised and slightly dismayed at the...
