Hmmm… I’m having a hard time choosing the fate of a particular character. It isn’t that I’m overly fond of him; it’s just that I’m unsure which scenario best suits the story. If I murder him, then the heroine is left with an item she’s never seen before and a quest to unlock the mystery. […]
After struggling with the structure for my new book, I gave up. Yep – I did. Me, the incurable optimist. I waved the white flag, threw in the towel, and then I red read. Lots. And I’m the better for it. I have learned that I was having so much trouble with this new novel because […]
Vestiges of footsteps. Not always easy to discern. Mostly ephemeral; sometimes, as in concrete, impossible to remove. A footstep may take one back to what was, on to what will be, or off on a detour to the unexpected; but always to a new version of place. Some footsteps lead to a solitary journey. Others, […]
The distant crashing of ocean waves accents crickets chirping in the lawn, and the occasional croak of a nearby frog; tonight’s version of nature’s orchestra. We lounge in the over-sized reading chaise; he, with his iPad, me, busy with the keyboard on my new Duo. Encircling me with his arm, he looks over my shoulder. […]
‘Snippet’. Snip pet. Such a funny word. I could have used ‘fragment’, but it’s not nearly as much fun, and ‘scrap’ is just plain boring. My snip pets are the paragraphs and pages of unconnected writing I’ve been accumulating over the past couple of months. They all relate to the new novel, but don’t form a […]
