Despite having a head full of fireworks, I’m a plotter and planner at my core. I plan meals in advance, vacations and, now-a-days, my book plots. Over the decades, I’ve learned to be flexible, knowing that stuff happens – crosswinds that hit just as I’m ready to defrost a brisket – grandkids who catch colds, a spontaneous dinner […]
Photoshop, Painless Plastic Surgery – aka, The New Me!
I’m not a big fan of surgery. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve been fond/grateful to a few surgeons for their profound talent in keeping me going. Another, my son, remains close to my heart because he’s my kid. But after more than my fair share of slicing and dicing, surgery falls into the same category as dental treatment […]
Thrilled Beyond Words!
In the Hands of Women will be released May, 2023 Flattered, humbled, flabbergasted, grateful, energized – I’m bubbling with emotion. I never expected to see the day I received a formal book offer – no less for a two-book deal. It’s always easiest for me to explain things in a story. This one began with Mathilda, my great-grandmother, […]
“The End” such sweet words!
Can it be real? It feels impossible after so many months – has it been twenty already? So much crazy time has been spent writing, researching, revising, editing, soul-searching and binge eating Cheez-Its to get through this project! Three hundred sixty pages of historical fiction. It feels surreal, like giving birth – a whole book… so hard to […]
Voices in My Head
Since my retirement in late 2018, I’ve developed a deep appreciation for the magic in writing. Since I don’t understand the complexities of thought that result in creative, spontaneous ideas, the word magic will need to suffice. Yesterday, I was writing a scene I’d planned for my historical novel. An older doctor in 1906 visits a dear friend, […]
Angry? Try Writing!
I’m not especially comfortable dealing with anger, my least favorite emotion. Gauging the ‘correct’ reaction to a slight has never come easily. As an avid observer of others, I look for good examples of anger management and occasionally try them on. Typically the fit feels awkward. Now, as a writer striving to amp up my work with tension, […]
Eliza Doolittle – Me….
I finished my last draft! Next, professional editing. Eighteen months – over 2,100 hours of research, writing, editing, classes and reworking the story. Still struggling with the title, but it’s ready to hand off to a real editor. I’m the Eliza Doolittle of the writing world, an unpolished fraud attempting to find my way in – to tell […]