Jun 4, 2018 | Uncategorized
I think every writer goes through this. It can be a hard slog. Much like postholing through old snow (which I did yesterday–see the hiking blog). You start to wonder if it’s worth it. Do I really need to reach this lake, write another book? In my case, I...
Apr 29, 2018 | Uncategorized
After having banged out 3 long manuscripts in about the same amount of years, two of which became books, and one of which is looking for a home, I find myself adrift. I have some ideas for a novel, but they aren’t coming together. It’s frustrating. Plot...
Apr 6, 2018 | Uncategorized
Where did this come from, I wondered as I started reading the novel Piano Tide, by Kathleen Dean Moore. How did I not hear about this book before? As I read it, I was back in Pelican, Alaska, a boardwalk only little village reached by boat only, houses lined up above...
Mar 21, 2018 | Uncategorized
Recently, I was asked to read for Women’s History Month. I’m sure the attendees were expecting something from Fire in the Heart. I mean, what could be more historical than firefighting in the dark ages (Okay, the 1980s)? I looked at the book and sighed. I...
Feb 15, 2018 | Uncategorized
It finally happened! I got to write a blurb for another author (of course, I volunteered to do it, but still!). Blurbs..does anyone read them? It’s hard to say, but publishers sure want them. They issue the command for you to go out and find them, preferably...
Jan 25, 2018 | Uncategorized
This was the question asked by a local poet as he ran unhappily on the treadmill at the gym. As I slogged through an elliptical session, commiserating with our mutual dislike of the gym, but also its necessity in an icy world, I pondered his question. Was I writing...
